Overview
- Officers pulled the teen from the water within minutes off Shark Beach in Vaucluse, applied two tourniquets aboard a police boat, and rushed him to Sydney Children's Hospital in critical condition.
- New South Wales Police urged people to avoid nearby waters, with temporary no-swim orders imposed on several beaches around the harbour.
- A separate attack hours later left an 11-year-old north of Sydney uninjured after his surfboard took the bites, according to Australian authorities.
- Police described Sunday’s wounds as compatible with those from a large shark, and a senior maritime commander said the teen remains “in the fight of his life.”
- Australia has recorded more than 1,280 shark incidents since 1791, with researchers citing heavier coastal use and warming seas that influence shark movements.