Albany, WA shark attack: Great white bites spearfisher at Goode Beach near Mistaken Island

Teen attacked by five-metre great white shark admits he is only alive today because his quick-thinking best mate piggybacked him 2km across sharp rocks to get him to hospital

  • Luke Pascoe, 17, praised his mate who saved him after a great white shark attack 
  • He’d been spearfishing off Goode Beach in southern WA near Albany on Monday 
  • He’d speared a fish while diving and was attacked by the shark as he ascended 
  • Friend Conner Shirley created a makeshift tourniquet to stop the bleeding
  • He carried Luke on his back across rocks for 2km to his car then drove to hospital
  • ‘I owe my life to him…was thinking to myself how lucky I am to still be here’

A teen has praised his best mate after he carried him across sharp rocks for more than 2km to get him to hospital after being attacked by a huge great white shark in Western…

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