Incident Jan. 18, 2012 - Australia - Glen Folkard

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January 18, 2012
Glen Folkard
Readhead Beach, Readhead, Australia

Glen Folkard, a 44-year-old tattoo artist was surfing beyond the breakers at Redhead Beach, something he has been doing daily for the past 30 years, when he was suddenly slammed into by a 10-foot long bull shark. The force of the blow threw him off his surfboard and as the shark bit into his thigh he was pulled under the water.

"He's hit me from underneath, he's grabbed me, he's turned me, took me under and then let go cause I think he had fiberglass in his mouth..."

As soon as the shark let go, Mr. Folkard climbed back onto his surfboard and started to paddle for the shore. With assistance from local surfer Nathan Visscher, Mr. Folkard managed to make it safely back to shore. Once on the beach, Mr. Visscher used his leg rope as a turniquet to help stop the bleeding.

Mr. Folkard spent several days in intensive care suffering from massive blood loss and needed 6 surgeries to rebuild his leg. Here is a picture of his leg 3 months after the attack.

Sources:
www.heraldsun.com.au
www.huffingtonpost.com

Fatal Incident Jan. 15, 2012 - South Africa - Lungisani Msungubana

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January 15, 2012
Lungisani Msungubana
Second Beach, Port St. Johns, South Africa
Fatal Attack

25 year old Lungisani Msungubana was swimming with friends in chest deep water when he was suddenly and violently attacked by a Bull shark (also known as a Zambezi in South Africa). One arm was almost completely severed and he sustained deep wounds to his chest and stomach. Lifeguards were able to pull him into shore but sadly he died from his injuries on the scene.

Second Beach is being called the 'deadliest beach in the world' by some people. The South African average fatality rate from shark attacks is 1 in 5 but at Second Beach in Port St. Johns every attack has ended in death. Since 2007 there have been 6 fatalities from shark attacks, one every year.

Source:
www.telegraph.co.uk

Source

I found a video clip with pictures here. The pictures are blurred out, but it is still pretty graphic and very, very sad.