Aussie surfer Brett Connellan is telling his extraordinary story of survival and recovery in a gripping new documentary on Stan called 'Attacking Life'. 9News
"Could you see the fin coming through the water? I say sharks are incredibly good at what they do. I didn't see it coming.The Aussie surfer is telling his extraordinary story of survival and recovery in a gripping new documentary on Stan called 'Attacking Life'.
Trist's now-wife Agie, a nurse, used the leg rope from his surfboard as a tourniquet to stop his blood loss. "It's a bit unknown when you lose three-quarter of your left quad and we didn't know what the long- term effects would be."Brett Connellan shows the scars from his shark attack seven years on. With grit and determination, Connellan slowly defied the odds, re-learning to walk with his injuries. Incredibly, he is now back in the water."For me, the harder thing about going back in the water was an unknown of what I was going to surf like," he said.
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