Australian locals rescue great white shark stranded in shallow water

Australian locals rescued a 10-foot great white shark that was stranded on a sand bank, pushing it into deeper water.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a 10-foot great white shark stranded in shallow water.

Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in the state of South Australia.

“It was either sick or … just tired,” said Core, who was visiting with his family from Gold Coast in the state of Queensland. “We definitely got it into some deeper water, so hopefully it’s swimming still.”

The unusual human-shark interaction occurred while Core was traveling around Australia with his wife, Ash Core, and their sons Parker, 11, and Lennox, 7.

Nash Core used his drone to shoot video of the writhing shark before he and Parker decided to help the trio who were struggling to move the shark into deeper water.