Adam Strange killed by shark
Blood pooled around Adam Strange as he was repeatedly dragged underwater by a massive shark, unable to make it to the safety of a nearby rock.
Fishermen called desperately to Mr Strange, a documentary maker in his forties and regular swimmer at popular Muriwai Beach north of Auckland, where he was attacked and killed yesterday afternoon by what is believed to be a 4m great white.
"All of a sudden, we saw the shark fin and next minute, boom, attack him and then blood every where on the water," said witness Pio Mose, who was fishing on a rock near Maori Bay, just around a point from Muriwai Beach, around 1.30pm yesterday when the attack happened.
Mr Mose immediately dialled 111 and a friend ran to Muriwai to get lifeguards as they called to the dying Mr Strange.
"He was still alive, he put his head up, we called him to swim over [to] the rock to where we were. He raised his hand up, and then while he was rising his hand up we saw another attack pull him in the water."
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An award-winning director, Mr Strange had a background in painting, photography and graphic design.
He won a Crystal Bear with his first short film Aphrodite's Farm at the Berlin Film Festival in 2009.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8361388/Horror-for-onlookers-as-shark-kills-man