grodscorp@grods.comShark-concocted waters
 | Posted by Bridgit Gread on Monday 26 May 2008, 5:19 pm Categories: Media Tags: Tags: AlisonDalton, divers, RichardNeely, sharks, Whitsundays |
Sharks. They’re everywhere, just waiting to eat us. Even when they’re, umm, not actually there:
As sharks prowled, forgotten divers waited … and waited
A British holidaymaker and his American girlfriend who survived for 19 hours in shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef, have told how a rescue helicopter failed to spot them waving frantically for help. ‘I truly thought we were going to die. Sharks were on our mind the entire time - but neither of us mentioned the “S” word,’ said Neely, from Norfolk. ‘We just had to stay positive and calm to help each other through the ordeal and not think about being eaten alive.” (Source)
But did they actually see any sharks? Nope. Neither were they quoted as seeing any in the following news reports, even though they all mention or imply the presence of sharks:
Divers saved after night in sea of sharks (Times Online)
19-hour hell in shark-infested seas (Express, check out the pic!)
As sharks prowled, forgotten divers waited (Guardian)
Norfolk diver rescued from sharks (Norwich Evening News)
19 hours of sharks, stingers and sea snakes (News.com)
The Herald Sun even goes so far as to include a pointer box that includes this statement:
Sharks were circling the pair
Remember - they’ve given only one official interview thus far (to the UK’s Sunday Mirror) and didn’t admit to seeing any sharks. Not one single shark. But they were there… they were there!
