Shark Week throwback

As you all know we have had many instances recently with sharks biting beach goers here in the Florida Panhandle. A majority of the bites, if not every single one of them is a case of mistaken identity. Sharks absolutely do not want to eat us.
With #SharkWeek quickly approaching I thought I would share a throw back from last summer of this diver saving a #nurseshark and creating a situation for the shark to go on with it's day/life.
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I have also posted the original narrative and a link to the original video on UA-cam: • Scuba Diver Saves Shar...
We were made aware of a Nurse Shark in distress at a local man made reef here in Destin Florida. The Artificial Reef system is located at Beasley Park on the island in Ft Walton Beach. it sits in about 18-22 feet of water.
Another diver reported that he and his dive buddy came across a large Nurse Shark that was trapped and had a hook in its mouth and tethered to one of the reef structures. They had made several attempts to free the animal with no luck.
So myself and a fellow diver (Diver Dan) headed to Beasley to see if we could help... We located the Shark very quickly and we were able to cut the steel leader that was attached to the hook and free the shark from its entanglement.
We did lose our pliers as they were pinched on the leader when it left in a hurry. Hopefully the hook will eventually rust out and the remaining leader will fall out as well.
Thanks for watching!
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