71-year old lifeguard survives terrifying great white shark attack

Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleGreg Wilfert, a 71-year-old lifeguard at Scarborough Beach State Park in Maine, survived a harrowing encounter with what he believes was a great white shark after being dragged up to six feet underwater on Saturday. The incident occurred while Wilfert was swimming near buoys with colleagues, initially mistaking the sudden pull on his rescue floatation device for a passing boat before realising a shark had snatched it. After freeing himself from his equipment, Wilfert swam rapidly back to the surface and safely escaped, later remarking that he swam fast enough to beat Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. Local officials temporarily closed Scarborough Beach following the incident, noting that nearly a dozen young sharks had been sighted in the surrounding waters during the previous week. Lifeguards at the beach have subsequently upgraded their surveillance protocols, deploying a jet-ski and aerial drones to monitor the coast for potential shark activity. In fullLifeguard, 71, describes terrifying escape from shark after being dragged 5ft underwaterMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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