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8 Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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Fearless Andy to the rescue<br />
North Beach surfer<br />
in Hawaiian shark<br />
attack drama<br />
THE FRIEND of a Christchurch<br />
holiday-maker who rushed to<br />
the aid of a woman attacked<br />
by a shark in Hawaii says he is<br />
“fearless”.<br />
North Beach resident Andy<br />
Chapman was surfing at Mākaha<br />
Beach on Oahu Island last<br />
Wednesday when a woman was<br />
attacked by a shark about 100m<br />
from him.<br />
He paddled towards her after<br />
she screamed for help, but before<br />
he got there, she was pulled from<br />
the water by other surfers and<br />
lifeguards.<br />
It is believed the 51-year-old<br />
woman, a regular swimmer at<br />
the beach, may have been attacked<br />
by a 3m tiger shark. She<br />
suffered gashes to her shoulder,<br />
upper back and forearm.<br />
Burwood-Pegasus Community<br />
Board member Tim Sintes has<br />
known Mr Chapman for about<br />
35 years and was a groomsman at<br />
his wedding.<br />
Mr Sintes said Mr Chapman<br />
was “fearless” and a real “down<br />
to earth” guy.<br />
“What he did in Hawaii did<br />
not surprise me at all,” Mr Sintes<br />
said.<br />
“He would have been back in<br />
the water the next day.”<br />
Mr Chapman, 57, was on<br />
holiday with his wife, Ineke, who<br />
is the chairwoman of the North<br />
Beach Residents’ Association.<br />
Mr Chapman told the New<br />
Zealand Herald the woman<br />
looked as if she had been slit<br />
open with a razor blade in about<br />
three places and there was a lot<br />
of blood.<br />
“In the water, there is a definite<br />
code of looking after others. A<br />
swimmer on their own seems to<br />
be a lot more vulnerable and also<br />
will have more limbs in the water<br />
acting as bait,” Mr Chapman<br />
said.<br />
He said he had never experienced<br />
anything like this, but it<br />
would not deter him from getting<br />
back in the water.<br />
Mr Sintes said the Chapmans<br />
were keen surfers in both New<br />
Brighton and Kaikoura, where<br />
they go most weekends.<br />
“Both of them have got this incredible<br />
enthusiasm for life. You<br />
hear the saying of work hard,<br />
play hard, and that would sum<br />
them up perfectly,” he said.<br />
A similar attack happened at<br />
Mākaha Beach six months ago,<br />
when a 10-year-old boy was<br />
mauled by a shark.<br />
SCARY: North Beach resident Andy Chapman rushed to the<br />
aid of a woman who had been attacked by a shark while he<br />
holidayed in Hawaii last week.<br />
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