Сидней хотын Коожи наран шарлагын газарт акулын дайралтад өртөж, хүнд бэртсэн 34 настай Лиа Стюарт охиныхоо төлөө амьд үлдэх хүсэл эрмэлзэл нь түүнийг аварсан гэдгийг анх удаа олон нийтэд ярилаа.
Зургаадугаар сарын 13-ны өдөр болсон уг халдлагын үеэр багш мэргэжилтэй Л.Стюарт 3.5 метр урттай гэж таамаглаж буй цагаан акулд хазуулсны улмаас гар, хөлөндөө амь насанд аюултай хүнд гэмтэл авчээ. Эмнэлгийн яаралтай тусламж авч, хоёр долоо хоногийн турш ухаангүй байсан тэрээр хэд хэдэн удаагийн мэс засалд орж, нэг гараа тайруулах хагалгаа хийлгэсэн байна.
Одоогийн байдлаар түүний биеийн байдал сайжирч, бие даасан байдлаа хэсэгчлэн эргүүлэн олж авч байгаа аж. Түүнийг эмчлүүлэхэд зориулж нээсэн хандивын аянд 559,000 австрали доллар цугларсан бөгөөд уг хөрөнгийг нөхөн сэргээх эмчилгээ болон протез хийлгэхэд зарцуулах юм. Л.Стюарт дэлхийн өнцөг булан бүрээс ирсэн дэмжлэг, залбирал нь түүнийг эдгэрэхэд чухал үүрэг гүйцэтгэсэн гэдгийг онцолжээ.
Австралид энэ он гарсаар акулын дайралтын хэд хэдэн тохиолдол бүртгэгдээд байна. Үүнтэй холбоотойгоор тус улсын эрх баригчид болон олон нийтийн дунд акулын аюулаас урьдчилан сэргийлэх арга хэмжээний талаарх хэлэлцүүлэг идэвхжиж, олон нийтийн аюулгүй байдлыг хангах асуудал хурцаар тавигдаж байна.
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An Australian woman who lost an arm in a shark attack said thoughts of her young daughter drove her to fight for her life as she faced the “monster”.
Leah Stewart, 34, was attacked while swimming near the shoreline at Sydney’s Coogee Beach on 13 June. The schoolteacher suffered life-threatening injuries after being bitten on her arms and legs by what was suspected to be 3.5-metre great white shark.
Ms Stewart underwent several surgeries, was placed in a medically induced coma for nearly two weeks and later had one of her arms amputated.
In her first public remarks since the attack, Ms Stewart said she had made enough progress to regain some independence and was beginning to see a way forward.
“After what has been an incredibly difficult few months, I am so happy that I have progressed enough to build some independence and I can finally see some light after all of this,” she wrote in an update posted on her GoFundMe page.
The fundraiser, set up by her brother shortly after the attack, collected nearly A$559,000 (£293,000) to support her rehabilitation, prosthetics, and ongoing medical treatment.
Ms Stewart said the family was closing the fundraiser as the donations had provided enough support for her recovery and future treatment.
“What you have offered has given us enough to recover, to stay in our home, and to give us options for further medical treatment down the road,” she said.
She had spent recent weeks concentrating on her recovery and trying to return to “some sort of normal life”. “I still have a long way to go, but my recovery has been remarkable,” Ms Stewart said, “and a huge part of that is because of the absolute army of love, support, prayers and encouragement surrounding my family and I from all over the world.”
Ms Stewart said she had been overwhelmed by the support she had received from friends, family and strangers.
“I want you to know that I feel like I’ve been given a second chance at life and I’m not going to waste it,” she wrote. “You’ve inspired me to get better, not bitter.”
In an emotional interview with Nine aired this weekend, Ms Stewart recalled coming face to face with the shark and fearing her daughter, August, would grow up without her. “Its face was horrific,” she said. “I will never forget. It was a monster.”
“I was holding onto my leg and I just thought of August. And I thought she’s not going to have a mum. I couldn’t handle that. I did not want her to grow up without a mum,” she added. “I just thought, ‘I’ve got to fight it and do everything I can to be here’.”
Australia has seen a series of deadly shark attacks this year. Four people were attacked over two days in January, including a 12-year-old boy who later died of his injuries.
A man was killed while spearfishing in Queensland in May, and a father of two died after being attacked by a four-metre shark in Western Australia.
