Charlie Vinter — model father, who is ready for their children at all. Even if that means he’ll have to fight with a shark.
Sunday, June 2, Cleveland with a 17-year-old daughter Paige was vacationing at Atlantic beach to Fort Macon State Park. They stood waist-deep in water and talking, when something suddenly pulled the girl down. As soon as Charlie realized what was happening, he dove after him and began to beat clinging to Paige shark nose. It took 5 strokes to let the girl go.
«Charlie wouldn’t stop until you saved the girl. said Today a family friend Brandon bersh — He lives for the sake of their children.»
Thanks to the experience of a paramedic and a firefighter winter was able to instantly determine how hard as Paige and pressed against the wound, helped her get to shore.
«All this time Charlie remained quite calm. — added börsch — Thanks to him, Paige survived.»
The girl was taken by helicopter to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville for emergency surgery — including amputations of the legs. Hands Paige suffered badly: teenager lost several fingers, and in the future, according to relatives, she may need a transplant.
Campaign to raise funds for medical expenses already collected on GoFundMe more than $28 000. In addition, the family asked the company that offered to provide free Paige prosthesis.
Now the girl is preparing for new operations and trying not to fall.
«She remains an optimist. says börsch — When Paige came to the hospital, the first thing I said is not offended by sharks, and still loves the sea.»
In his post on Facebook, the mother of a teenager, Marcy, wrote that she copes: «vengeance jokes» and «wants you to know that sharks are still good people.»
So how dangerous sharks?
In this issue, experts tend to agree with Paige.
«Most sharks are totally not dangerous. — says Tyler Bowling of the Florida Prorgam for Shark Research — Only a few species sometimes behave aggressively, and in many cases shark and all missing person by mistake.»
Although the likelihood of an attack, according to Bowling, is quite low, there are several ways to reduce the chances at all to a minimum:
- remove all jewelry before you enter the water, otherwise the shark runs the risk to confuse the flickering jewels with small fish
- do not swim alone; sharks rarely attack groups of people
- try not to splash water: it may interest the shark, and she wants to check the source of the sounds
- more often sharks are looking for food at dusk and dawn, so the swim at this time
Bowling notes that Charlie has perfectly coped with the situation.
«To hit the shark on the nose or gills — the best way to defend themselves during the attack. — he said — [winter] did everything exactly right.»
By the way, this is not the first act of heroism Charlie. In 2013, he saved a 2-year-old boy on fire at home — earning for the feat of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US National Firefighter Award. According to friends, winter «the brave man» they ever met.
