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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sheila Flynn

Woman survives harrowing shark attack by punching it in the head: ‘I won!’

Heather West / SWNS

Heather West was enjoying the water off the Florida Keys when she felt something clamp onto her foot; she thought it was one of her friends playing a practical joke.

It wasn’t.

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