A woman frantically swam 200 metres to save her life after a Great White Shark attacked the inflatable pool ring she was lounging on in the sea.
Jacquelin Morley, 20, was spending the afternoon with friends at a beach in Wylie Bay near Esperance, on Western Australia's south coast, when she was bitten just after midday on Sunday.
The monster fish plunged its teeth into her torso while she was hundreds of metres from the shore, according to the MailOnline.
With her life now depending on it, Jacquelin frantically paddled the 200-metre stretch - which is the length of two football pitches.
She was airlifted to the Royal Perth Hospital that night and despite her horrific injuries - she is now in a serious but stable condition.
Though it's believed the shark was a great white, DNA testing of the pool ring will determine the species for sure.
In the hours after the vicious attack, aerial images of the shoreline showed the beast darting through the waves.
Speaking to the West Australian, Darren Patten said he was swimming next to Jacquelin's group just seconds before the shark took its bite.
'It sort of makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up,' he said.
Barry Brown said he and his siblings were keeping an eye on where she was before it sunk its teeth into her.
Mr Brown told ABC : "She just seemed to be getting deeper and deeper and deeper.
"Then we actually saw a figure under the [pool ring] and we weren't quite sure whether it was a dolphin or what it was."
"We wrapped her up in a towel, in one motion, chucked her in the back of a car and then straight off to the hospital."
The attack took place in the notorious Esperance area, which has seen several fatal shark attacks in recent years.
The local authorities said the state’s shark response unit was investigating and urged swimmers to take care.
