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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Lifeguard, 71, describes terrifying escape from shark after being dragged 5ft underwater

A 71-year-old lifeguard in Maine says he had a harrowing encounter with a great white shark after he was dragged five to six feet underwater over the weekend.

Greg Wilfert, who works as a lifeguard at Scarborough Beach State Park, told WHDH that he was out in the surf on Saturday swimming with other lifeguards near a group of buoys when he was snatched and pulled underwater.

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