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Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart tells of punching great white to survive

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Australian Leah Stewart, who lost her left arm in a great white shark attack at Sydney's Coogee Beach on June 13, has given her first media interview about the ordeal. She said that as the four-metre shark dragged her underwater, she repeatedly punched the predator, thinking only of her young daughter. Stewart spent ten days in a coma, and her first words upon waking were “I love you,” addressed to her mother. The attack was the first at that beach in over a century.

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Outlets: 15. Countries: 4. Facts in the shared core: 4.

Publication timeline

  1. · Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)

    Shark attack victim Leah Stewart recounts harrowing survival. Sydney woman Leah Stewart recounts her harrowing tale of survival on 60 Minutes after losing her arm in a shark attack.

  2. · Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)

    Shark attack survivor ‘fought like hell to be here’ for daughter. Leah Stewart says it was the love for her little girl and the thought of her growing up without a mother, that helped her conquer a great white.

  3. · Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)

    ‘I did think she was going to die’: How strangers saved shark attack victim Leah Stewart. The thought of not being there for her daughter helped Leah Stewart beat the shark away. But her fight was only beginning after m…

  4. · Daily Mail (outlet profile)

    Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart describes how she willed herself back to life when she lay dying on Coogee Beach - and her first words to her mother when she woke from her coma. Leah Stewart, 35, spent 10 days in a c…

  5. · The Mirror (outlet profile)

    Brave mum recalls punching 'monster' shark in face during attack at popular Sydney beach. The mum and primary school teacher recounted her thought process as she was attacked by a four-metre great white shark, punching…

  6. · Nova.rs (outlet profile)

    VIDEO Australijanka preživela napad velike bele ajkule: „Udarala sam je pesnicom, mislila sam samo na ćerku“. Australijanka Lea Stjuart (34), koja je preživela napad velike bele ajkule kod Sidneja, opisala je dramatičnu…

  7. · The Independent (outlet profile)

    Sydney shark attack survivor says punching great white saved her life: ‘It was like fighting a dinosaur’. Leah Stewart, who lost her arm in attack at Coogee Beach in June, said thoughts of her daughter drove her to figh…

  8. · RTÉ News (outlet profile)

    Sydney teacher hit shark with 'left hook' during attack. An Australian school teacher mauled by a large shark at a Sydney beach says she fired a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater.

  9. · Mondo (outlet profile)

    "Nećeš me odvojiti od moje ćerke": Žena pesnicama udarala ajkulu dok ju je vukla pod vodu, herojska borba majke za život

  10. · Kurir (outlet profile)

    ISPOVEST ŽENE KOJA JE PREŽIVELA NAPAD AJKULE! Neman od 4 METRA je zgrabila i povukla na dno, a onda je izvela NEVEROVATAN POTEZ koji joj je spasao život (FOTO)

  11. · Pink (outlet profile)

    ISPOVEST ŽENE KOJA JE PREŽIVELA NAPAD AJKULE! Neman od 4 METRA je zgrabila i povukla na dno, a onda je izvela NEVEROVATAN POTEZ koji joj je spasao život (VIDEO). Priča o hrabroj majci koja se izborila sa ajkulom kako nj…

  12. · Telegraf (outlet profile)

    Lea je preživela jezivi napad ajkule! Morska neman joj je otkinula ruku, a ona je izvela NEVEROVATNU stvar. U prvom intervjuu za medije, nakon napada, prisetila se trenutka kada je ugledala morsku neman.

  13. · Blic (outlet profile)

    (FOTO) ISPOVEST ŽENE KOJA JE PREŽIVELA NAPAD VELIKE BELE AJKULE Neman je zgrabila i vukla na dno, a onda je ona izvela POTEZ koji joj je spasio život: "Nisam htela da budem žena koju je raskomadala ajkula". Priča o hrab…

  14. · Alo! (outlet profile)

    Ispovest žene koja je preživela napad ajkule: Neman od 4 metra je zgrabila i povukla na dno, a onda je izvela neverovatan potez koji joj je spasao život (Foto). Ova majka jednog deteta opisala je trenutak kada se na&sca…

  15. · Dnevnik (Novi Sad) (outlet profile)

    (ВИДЕО) Прва тетоважа у 52. години! ЗАНОСНА ЕВА МЕНДЕЗ НИЈЕ ОДОЛЕЛА ТРЕНДОВИМА: То је једина ПОРУКА НА ТЕЛУ коју сам икада желела. Иако је деценијама одолевала привлачности слика и порука на телу, славна лепотица је сад…

  16. · BBC News na srpskom (outlet profile)

    'Ja sam žena koja je udarila ajkulu u lice'. „Kroz glavu su mi prolazile misli: 'Nećeš me odvojiti od moje ćerke', i uvijala sam se i samo sam počela da je udaram iznova i iznova“, kaže majka devojčice koja je u borbi…

  17. · Danas (outlet profile)

    ‘Ja sam žena koja je udarila ajkulu u lice’. „Kroz glavu su mi prolazile misli: 'Nećeš me odvojiti od moje ćerke', i uvijala sam se i samo sam počela da je udaram iznova i iznova“, kaže majka devojčice koja je u borbi…

  18. · Blic (outlet profile)

    'Ja sam žena koja je udarila ajkulu u lice'. Žena iz Sidneja suočila se licem u lice sa velikom belom ajkulom dugom četiri metra pre nego što ju je više puta udarila.

  19. · Alo! (outlet profile)

    Tokom opuštenog jutarnjeg plivanja ugledala je neman kako joj se munjevito približava: Nije bilo vremena za paniku - počela je borba za život. Žena je preživela napad džinovske ajkule zahvaljujući samo jednoj stvari.&nb…

Factual core

  • A mother punched a shark in the face to save her daughter.
  • The shark was 4 meters long.
  • Leah Stewart is a survivor of a shark attack.
  • The mother said she thought 'You will not take me from my daughter' during the attack.

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