Nov 3 2018.
Brothers Island, Red Sea, Egypt.
Dan white, who claims ownership of the video, was finishing his deep dive certification,
along with five other divers and two instructors.
Around 11:30 the group began ascending as several other dive groups started swimming
to a nearby reef and an oceanic whitetip shark.
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Ian, who is in a shorty wetsuit and was pleasure diving swam ahead of the main group.
"I was recording the whitetip as I thought it was a cool encounter," White told Tracking
Sharks in email.
Spotting a whitetip shark is not out of the ordianary as white explained three had been
seen on the previous day.
WHite said he thought the shark was spooked by a diver's bubbles and went to investigate.
Around this same time, divers from a german charter group made their way through
White's group and WHite realized the shark's demanor changed.
Ian was around 32-feet (10m) deep when the shark's behavior changed.
Both of the pectoral fins appear to be lowered in an
agonistic display.
The shark tried to bump Ian 3 times.
Each time, Ian was able to fend off the shark.
One of the German divers, who is wearing sidemounted tanks, sees the interaction and horizantely
approaches Ian.
White said "The German diver's buddy saw the shark attempting to have a cheeky nibble on
Ian, but failed to keep his eye on the shark as it rose to his level and bit his leg,"
adding that "His buddy helped wrestled the shark off of him, but by that poit the damage
was done" White said.
The dive buddy, who white said "had some serious balls" helped his injured buddy to the surface
and alerted the boat crew.
All of the various boat crews quickly began evacuating everyone from the water.
Once all the divers were out, white said an ex-Royal marine was taken from his boat to
the shark bitten diver's boat where he performed first-
aid.
White said he was told the diver had a clean bite mark that extended to the bone.
A tourniquet was applied, the patient was hooked up to an IV,
and give pain meds before being taken to shore.
Later on White said he heard a German doctor was flown to meet the diver at a medical center
and then the patient was flown home for further treatment.
Anytime you see a shark in the water, it's important to keep you eyes on the shark.
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