Nan Hauser

I've grown up seeing a lot of sharks.

And it was that side to side and the peck fins down and the arched body.

And in my head I went, it's the biggest tiger shark I've ever seen in my life.

I always thought that if I was going to get attacked by a shark, you probably wouldn't see it because they're so fast.

They just come in and grab you or circle you.

But it was this dark figure coming straight at me.

I didn't go into a panic, but I took it a lot more seriously, and I was afraid.

especially tiger sharks or bull sharks.

Those are sharks that I don't want to be around.

I usually get out of the water when they're around.

So I knew that it was a much more dire situation than I had imagined.

He just scooped me up.

He must have felt my fear.

He must have heard my heart beating harder because he just put me on his head and pushed me.

It was much faster.

It was really deliberate.

And it was like being rescued.

It had that feeling of, okay, that's too close.

And you need to know what's going on and pay attention.

I think he kept looking at me before that going, do you have any idea what's going on?