Girl, 17, killed by a monster shark that dragged her underwater and tore her leg off as she surfed with her father
Laeticia Brouwer, 17, died after her left leg was bitten off at the hip by a shark as she surfed with her father
The father of a teenage surfer who was mauled to death by a shark tried desperately to save her life by using a surfboard leash as a tourniquet to stem the bleeding.
Laeticia Brouwer, 17, died after her left leg was bitten off at the hip by a shark as she surfed with her father Leon, near Esperance, Western Australia, on Monday afternoon. Her father battled to save Laeticia, known affectionately as Teesh and dragged her ashore, where he, the teenager's mother and an off-duty nurse performed CPR until paramedics arrived, 20 minutes later.
But tragically, Laeticia passed away at Esperance Hospital a short time later.
Fisheries officers returned to the scene of the tragedy early on Tuesday morning, 7 News reports.
They are now on the hunt for the creature that killed the teenager, which they believe to be a great white shark.
Laeticia's father (the family are pictured surfing) heard her ear-piercing scream as she was dragged underwater by the monster predator near Esperance, Western Australia, on Monday afternoon
The father of a teenage surfer who was mauled to death by a shark tried desperately to save her life by using a surfboard leash as a tourniquet to stem the bleeding.
Laeticia Brouwer, 17, died after her left leg was bitten off at the hip by a shark as she surfed with her father Leon, near Esperance, Western Australia, on Monday afternoon. Her father battled to save Laeticia, known affectionately as Teesh and dragged her ashore, where he, the teenager's mother and an off-duty nurse performed CPR until paramedics arrived, 20 minutes later.
But tragically, Laeticia passed away at Esperance Hospital a short time later.
Fisheries officers returned to the scene of the tragedy early on Tuesday morning, 7 News reports.
They are now on the hunt for the creature that killed the teenager, which they believe to be a great white shark.
Laeticia's father (the family are pictured surfing) heard her ear-piercing scream as she was dragged underwater by the monster predator near Esperance, Western Australia, on Monday afternoon
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