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SYDNEY (AP) -- A woman fought
(1) a 2.5-meter (8-ft.) great white shark
(2) paddle
(3) it knocked her
(4) her kayak
(5) one
(6) Australia's most popular beaches
(7) Monday. Linda Whitehurst, 52, was paddling her sea kayak
(8) the eastern resort town
(9) Byron Bay,
(10) 600 kilometers (375 miles) north
(11) Sydney, when the shark lunged
(12) her, knocking her
(13) the water, the paddler and police said. It was one
(14) two shark attacks
(15) Australia
(16) Monday. "I'm going
(17) lose a limb, that was my first thought," Whitehurst told Australian television. "I had my blade
(18) my hands so I punched
(19) it
(20) my blade. That was the only way I was going
(21) survive," she said, referring
(22) the double-ended paddle used
(23) sea kayaks, a type
(24) covered canoe used
(25) surfing or camping expeditions. "I just kept punching, punching, punching"
(26) the shark
(27) it swam
(28) , she said. Whitehurst made her way back
(29) shore, where she received four stitches
(30) her right arm
(31) a small bite wound. Her vessel shows bite marks
(32) . The local lifeguard association closed the Byron Bay beach,
(33) New South Wales state,
(34) several hours
(35) they located the shark and chased it
(36)
(37) sea using boats, a common practice
(38) Australia when sharks venture
(39)
(40) popular beaches. Earlier Monday, a 31-year-old man was attacked
(41) a bronze whaler shark while spear-fishing
(42) Australia's Great Barrier Reef
(43) northeastern Queensland state. The man, who was not identified, was treated onboard his charter boat
(44) a deep cut
(45) his calf muscle
(46) being airlifted
(47) helicopter
(48) a hospital
(49) the northern city
(50) Cairns.
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