PENSACOLA, Fla., June 27, 2005
Heroic Shark Attack Rescue Attempt
Swimmers Say They Had To Punch Animal As They Brought Girl To Shore
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Play CBS Video Video Eyewitness To Shark Attack Robert Atkinson tells The Early Show about trying to help 14-year-old Jamie Daigle, who died from a shark attack in Florida's Panhandle.
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A bull shark swims near Mimamar Beach (AP)
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Jamie Daigle (CBS)
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The makeshift memorial for Jamie Daigle (AP)
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"He was yelling 'There's a shark, there's a shark!'" White said. "He was looking for the shark, I grabbed her, pulled her up into the raft."
The shark returned as the trio pulled the girl to shore.
"Immediately, I looked down and [the shark] was swimming at my feet," said White. "We stopped swimming, just went limp vertical in the water, just dangled my legs, tried not to look like any kind of food or anything."
White said the surfer distracted the shark. Dicus said he punched it in the nose.
"It was just a race to the beach. An attack, then a turn. An attack, then a turn," said Dicus. "He attacked me about six times. Three of them I fended off just by splashing the water. By the fourth or fifth time it required punching him on the nose, because he wasn't doing to be discouraged."
The others continued bringing Daigle to shore, but paramedics were unable to revive her.
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