As the great white dragged her further underneath the ocean, the water surrounding Leeanne Ericson started to become darker and even peaceful.
Alone with the ferocious man-eater 30ft below the surface, its jaws clamped around her thigh, she could see the shark’s eyes just inches from hers – and decided to fight back.
So Leeanne plunged her fist into one of the animal’s eyes with as much force as she could muster. She remembers: “As soon as it grabbed my leg, I knew what it was.
I remember being pulled down and thinking about my kids. And I remember thinking about my fiance not knowing where I was or what was happening to me. “My whole hand went into his eye, and I stuck it in as far as I could.
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