Man hurt in Australia shark attack

A man survived an attack by a shark off Australia’s east coast today, but lost a finger and suffered a serious bite to the thigh, ambulance officials said. The 29-year-old was in the water near Port Macquarie, 390 kilometres (242 miles) north of Sydney, when he was mauled. ‘A rescue helicopter was called,’ a New South Wales ambulance spokesman said. ‘On arrival paramedics found a 29-year-old male with shark bites, allegedly from a bull shark, to his right hand and right thigh.