‘There was a lot of blood in the water’: paddleboarder rescues woman after ‘shocking’ Coogee shark attack

Elite paddleboarder Charlie Verco has only seen one shark bigger than the one he saw on Saturday at Sydney’s Coogee beach. The North Bondi athlete was training for the world championships in Hawaii in July on Saturday morning when he heard a swimmer shouting “shark”. As he headed towards the area of water where about three people appeared close to a large grey shadow, several swimmers attempted to climb onto his 18-foot (5.5 metre) paddleboard. …