The leg of a surfer who was attacked by a great white yesterday washed up on the beach and was rushed to hospital for reattachment, it’s been revealed.
Kai McKenzie, 23, was attacked by a three-metre-long great white shark at North Shore Beach at Port Macquarie yesterday morning.
It’s understood that his right leg was completely severed from his body and washed up on the beach before it was placed on ice and taken to hospital to be reattached.
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McKenzie was first taken to Macquarie base hospital and was flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle last night, with his leg making the same 200km journey.
Doctors will now have to assess whether the leg can be reattached.
It was reported yesterday that an off-duty police officer walking his dog nearby saw the surfer on the shore and rushed to McKenzie’s side.
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He then used his dog’s leash as a makeshift tourniquet to stop the bleeding on what was left of the surfer’s leg.
DPIRD confirmed yesterday afternoon that a three-metre-long great white shark bit the 23-year-old.
An image of the surfer’s board showed a chunk taken out of the tail.
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