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<\/p>\nBy Miriah Davis, ABC News<\/p>\n
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\nEmergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk, Vaucluse about 4.20pm (AEST) on Sunday.
\nPhoto: ABC News \/ Nick Dole\n<\/p>\n
The quick response from the friends of a 12-year-old boy critically injured in a shark attack at a Sydney beach saved the boy’s life, police say.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Shark Beach at Vaucluse about 4.20pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He sustained critical injuries to both legs and was taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick for treatment and is in intensive care.<\/p>\n
Marine Area Command commander Superintendent Joseph McNulty said on Monday “every second counted” and the quick response by the boy’s friends helped the boy survive the attack.<\/p>\n
“The actions of his mates who have gone into the water to pull him out have been nothing but brave, a gallant, recovery from his mates there,” he said.<\/p>\n
McNulty said after being initially helped by those around him, the boy was pulled aboard a vessel by water police officers, who attached two medical tourniquets and administered first aid.<\/p>\n
He said it was a “textbook recovery”.<\/p>\n
“He’s in for the fight of his life now and the actions of emergency services yesterday gave him that chance,” Superintendent Mcnulty said.<\/p>\n
“It was a horrendous scene at the time when police attended. We believe it was something like a bull shark that attacked the lower limbs of that boy yesterday.”<\/p>\n
He said heavy rainfall over the weekend may have contributed to the attack.<\/p>\n
“At the time yesterday, the boys were jumping off a 6-metre rock that’s popular in the Vaucluse area into that brackish water,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We believe the combination of the brackish water, the fresh water, the actions of the splashing, may have made that perfect storm environment for that shark attack yesterday.<\/p>\n
“But thankfully what I can say – that boy is fighting for his life now.”<\/p>\n
They also said that he was rescued from the water by police officers “within minutes” of the triple-0 call being made.<\/p>\n
Footage from the scene showed him being treated by paramedics in a blue police rescue tent.<\/p>\n
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