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Hundreds brave Sydney chill to swim after shark attack

Hundreds braved the winter chill in Sydney on Sunday, June 21, to take part in an ocean swim for locals who were afraid to get back in the water after a recent shark attack. The 35-year-old victim was swimming about 30 meters from the shore on Saturday when she was bitten by a three-to-four-meter-long shark, sustaining serious injuries to her arms and lower left leg. Hoping to foster a supportive environment for people to reconnect with the beach and regain confidence, the event was monitored by lifeguards on surfboards and jet skis.

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00:01Let's have a swim.
00:46Are you going in?
00:49Yeah, definitely, yeah.
00:51We haven't been in since the events of last week, so it's really been great to get in
00:56with everyone together and feel that sense of safety and the support here.
01:15Interesting.
01:17It felt safe.
01:19It felt really safe.
01:19I guess there's always safety in numbers, but the community feeling was incredible.
01:23I don't think we see this many people in the water in summer.
01:25So, pretty amazing.
01:27It was a really nice feeling.
01:42I can, to be honest, I'm a part of the surf club myself and I've seen on a number of
01:47occasions
01:48how the community pulls together.
01:49And I think it really hasn't surprised me the amount of people that's come down.
01:53But I think it's just so encouraging and so heartwarming to see everyone to pull together
01:58for Lea.
02:20100%.
02:20Yeah.
02:21Yeah.
02:21Like, I wouldn't have been swimming alone for sure.
02:23And when I see everyone going around and have a lap, yeah, I wouldn't be alone here if,
02:29yeah, I wouldn't swim alone.
02:31Many of you likely knew Lea, having walked, swam, lived alongside her over the years.
02:36She's a kind of breast cancer treatment.
02:39She's always been here for Anzac Day Dawn service.
02:42And a lap of the bay, head slightly further north.
02:47Danny and...
02:48It's incredible.
02:48You can't expect this at all.
02:49It's so heartwarming.
02:50The talk before really brought it home how important it all is that the community get
02:55together.
02:55And it's incredible that everyone comes and, you know, rallies around when need be.
03:00All right.
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