Lifeguards ‘Wrassle’ a 400-Pound Shark Onto Florida Beach
Two lifeguards who “wrassled” a 400-pound mako shark from rough surf onto a beach barehanded say they didn’t think about the danger until afterward.
“We were definitely scared but we had to get the shark into the beach,” said Carey R. Morris Jr., 23. “There were a few people out in the water.”
Morris downplayed Friday’s capture because the creature was disoriented and injured. “The fish was stunned. It wasn’t like he was prowling the beach or anything. He was hurting.”
Morris and Buzz Reynolds, 23, followed the shark about 300 yards down the beach, warning people to get out of the water before they swam out and pulled it ashore.
“He was still pretty much alive,” Morris said. “We wrassled him to the beach and he was still kicking . . . snapping around a little. He was trying to get us but we had him under control.”
Morris said they might use the shark as fish bait.
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