The grandpa of a 10- year-old Tasmanian kid who was pulled into the water by a shark while fishing states his grandson is in shock however recuperating.
Key points:
- On Friday, Lucas was grabbed from the boat and pulled into the water by a shark
- He was required to the Launceston General Hospital and remains in a steady condition
- His grandfather says the event has been “a shock to our family”
Authorities said on Friday that 10- year-old Lucas remained in a 6-metre fishing vessel 5 kilometres off the coast of the north-west town Stanley when the shark “got him from the boat”.
Lucas’s dad John leapt in the water and the shark, believed to be a terrific white, release the kid.
Lucas was then required to the Launceston Ge