Witnesses recall Lady Julia Percy Island shark attack, 50 years on

By Peter Collins
December 6 2014 - 4:00am
 Bernie O’Keefe (left), Peter Coster and Robert Whitehead recall the fateful diving trip to Lady Julia Percy Island.141122DW76 Picture: DAMIAN WHITE
Bernie O’Keefe (left), Peter Coster and Robert Whitehead recall the fateful diving trip to Lady Julia Percy Island.141122DW76 Picture: DAMIAN WHITE

A FEW terrifying seconds was all it took for Henri Bource to lose his left leg when a shark attacked him off Lady Julia Percy Island 50 years ago.

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