Overview
- UK outlets republished distressing archival video of the 1994 mauling of 19-year-old Heather Boswell off Chile, renewing attention to the case.
- A roughly 16ft great white shark attacked as she swam back to a research vessel, biting off most of her left leg.
- Home video shows colleagues extending a broom handle, grabbing her arms, and striking the shark with a stick to force it to release her.
- Witness accounts describe a second bite that dragged her underwater and the shark then attempting to lunge at another swimmer on a ladder.
- Boswell’s survival was later featured on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and discussed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, with no new developments reported now.