Shark attacks in Australia are common. Just this year, five deaths and scores of injures have been reported in continental state.

In one such incident, a man pummeled a white shark, when it clenched leg of his wife in its teeth, and saved his wife. Talking to a local newspaper about the incident, playing down about his efforts, Mark Splencer said he did what anyone would have done in that situation.

A witness of the incident who was surfing nearby, Jed Toohey told the Daily Telegraph that the man was a real hero. He said the white shark was about 10 feet long.

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“He started laying into the shark because it wouldn’t let go. He saved her life. He was really incredible,” he said.

The 35-year-old woman was provided emergency care by health workers at the beach before she was airlifted to a hospital for proper treatment.

Police said the husband and wife were surfing near Port Macquarie, when she was bitten twice and injured on her right leg on Saturday morning.