Leah Stewart, 34, was attacked about 30 meters off Sydney’s Coogee Beach, suffered severe injuries to her other arm and leg, spent more than a week in a coma and is now undergoing rehabilitation after returning to walking

The thought of not being there for her daughter helped Leah Stewart beat the shark away. But her fight was only beginning after making it to shore.

Leah Stewart says it was the love for her little girl and the thought of her growing up without a mother, that helped her conquer a great white.