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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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