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What would you do if you were surfing with your children and suddenly saw a 14-foot tiger shark coming at you?
Kaleo Roberson of Hawaii apparently knew exactly what to do, protecting himself and his three sons by punching and kicking the shark until it retreated.
Roberson was surfing off Maui with a group of some 20 people, and holding one of his 8-year-old twins when the shark approached, the Maui News reported.
That's when he saw the shark coming.
"It was something you dream of on 'Shark Week,'" Roberson said. "It was so close to me, and the mouth was so open when it came up. It was in pure attack mode, and it was just right there. I was basically in its mouth."
"Right then, I realized I was fighting for my life, and I had my sons with me so I took my board, and I started swinging it," he said.
His other two sons also were within in the vicinity.
"I don't care if this thing bites me, but if my pride and joys are making it to the beach safe, then I'll feed this thing my leg if I have to," he said.
Roberson and a friend eventually helped get the boys to safety.
No one was injured. However, the shark left a 14-inch bite mark on Roberson's board, an ominous sign of what could have been.
Korean Language
식인죠스 물리친 부성애 '내가 지켜줄께’
허기를 채우려는 상어를 맨손으로 물리쳐낸 세 아들의 아버지가 헤드라인을 만들었다.
미국의 마우이 뉴스에 의하면 하와이에서 아들들과 함께 서핑을 즐기던 칼리오 로벌슨은 별안간 자신에게 입을 벌린 체 돌진해오는 상어를 발견했다. 로벌슨은 그러나 아들을 지켜내겠다는 부성애가 발동하여 서핑보드를 휘두르고 주먹과 발길질을 통해 상어를 저지해냈다.
외신에 의하면 상어는 4미터를 육박하는 크기였으며, 로버슨의 서핑보드에 35cm 크기의 이빨자국을 남긴 체 사라진 것으로 알려졌다.
로버슨과 세 아들은 해변으로 무사히 도착했으며, 부상자는 발생하지 않았다.