Sydney swimmer dies after being attacked by 15-foot shark

SYDNEY (AP) — A swimmer on a Sydney beach in Australia has died after being attacked by what witnesses described as a 15-foot great white shark. New South Wales state ambulance worker says there was nothing paramedics could do when they arrived on the scene. It is the first fatal shark attack in Sydney since 1963. A witness said the swimmer was in the water when the shark came and attacked him vertically, and they heard a yell. According to researchers with the International Shark Attack File, Australia last year led the world with three unprovoked shark-related deaths, followed by New Caledonia with two. The U.S., Brazil, New Zealand and South Africa each had a single unprovoked fatal shark attack. There were a total of 11.