[Ramrod]

Mr Currie, from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, decided that as he had paid his money he would have a go, believing the cage, kept afloat by four buoys off the coast at Hermanus, must be safe. The shark began to circle before heading straight for him. Mr Currie, a salesman, thought this was normal until the fish rammed the cage and bit through the metal bars.

Desperately trying to hang on as he was shaken like †œan ant in a jarââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ� Mr Currie grabbed one of the bars, putting his arm within inches of the sharkââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s teeth. When one of the buoys burst the cage began to sink at an angle and the shark tried to get into the 3ft cage from above. In a desperate attempt to save his life Mr Currie, a father of one, was forced to surface for air, risking being caught by the shark, before swimming to the bottom of the cage and safety.

All the while the shark was biting through the metal and getting closer.

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