Finley Downer was attacked by around three nurse sharks while swimming in a lagoon before his sister pulled him to safety.
An eight-year-old British boy has suffered a shark attack while on holiday in the Bahamas in an incident which his dad described as "a scene from Jaws".
Finley's father, Michael Downer, 44, told The Sun his son "could have been killed" in the attack, adding: "It was like a scene out of Jaws". Mr Downer, who had taken his children Finley, eight, Lily, nine, and Emily, 12, on a luxury holiday, said the family had been part way through their five-island tour when the attack took place at Compass Cay.
"There was so much blood. Bits of his leg were hanging off. He kept saying, 'Dad I don't want to die. Dad, I don't want to go to heaven'."
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