California shark attack survivor recalls fighting off beast
SAN DIEGO — A surfer attacked by a shark earlier this year recalled punching the predator and digging her fingers into its eye as she was dragged below the waves off Southern California.
Leeanne Ericson told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” on Friday (http://abcn.ws/2vduUgB) that she initially thought a curious seal was bumping the underside of her surfboard at San Onofre Beach near San Diego on a sunny day last April.
Suddenly she was knocked from the board into the water and a 10-foot great white chomped her leg.
“I felt it grab me and pull me down,” she said. “My only concern was my breathing.”