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Radio 5 Live,2 mins

Diving couple abandoned in shark infested waters

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A British couple had a lucky escape after they were left stranded in shark infested waters. Jeff and Julie Byrne from Cumbria were scuba diving on holiday in Mauritius when they re-surfaced to discover their boat had disappeared. They then spent 7 hours in shark infested waters before being rescued. Jeff told 5 live鈥檚 Nicky Campbell he felt 鈥渁 really sharp bump鈥� against his left fin. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 put my head in the water, I didn鈥檛 want to see them. I thought if they鈥檙e going to come they鈥檙e going to come, there鈥檚 nothing you can do.鈥� Jeff also said he has had 鈥渘o explanation whatsoever鈥� as to why the boat abandoned them. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on 5 September 2016.

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