Brothers rescue hammerhead shark on Florida beach (video)
Two brothers were joined by a crowd of beachgoers in saving an injured hammerhead shark on a beach in Florida.
Marcus Lakos filmed the scene as his brother, Logan Lakos, pulled the shark to shore at the Henderson Beach State Park last week.
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Speaking to Fox2Now, Logan said: "I started pulling it in and it was kind of scary, but Hammerhead sharks aren't really you know that dangerous to humans.
"So knowing that, I pulled it in. Everyone else was freaking out so it was hard to bring him on, but once people started realising, you know we were trying to help it.
"Some of the other guys around, we were all crowding around it and trying to help it."
The video was uploaded to YouTube, along with a caption explaining what happened, which read: "Me and my brother fight to save an injured hammerhead shark on the Destin, Florida, shoreline and bravely took it to safety away from the public.
"My brother, once realising it was injured, swam out to bring it to shore away from people still in the water.
"I filmed this heroic display as he dragged the injured 10ft hammerhead to shore.
"The shark was pulled to shore and we realised it had several deep sea fishing hooks in its mouth as well as steel fishing line tangled in and around its head.
"My brother, along with help from bystanders, worked to get the hooks out and save the dying shark. My brother was able to pull the shark into deeper water until it was able to swim away safely in an attempt to avoid further injuring itself or the public.
All of the distress and yelling heard in the background were caused by a natural fear from certain individuals and lack of understanding the situation as well as the behaviours of hammerhead sharks.
"Once bystanders realised we were trying to help the shark they quickly did what they could to help ."
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