Two teenagers have a family to thank for their lives after being attacked by a shark at Ocean Grove Beach, 113 km southwest of Melbourne on Monday evening. The Hobbs family, Peter, Dianne, Ella, and James, were in the surf having fun at around 7 p.m. on Monday when they noticed a commotion with two teenagers nearby, Peter Hobbs told the Today Show. Initially, the family just thought the two were playing, but soon they started yelling that they’d been bitten by a shark. “We were still in a state of disbelief, but we just went into action stations really,” Hobbs said. Dianne Hobbs, a former trauma nurse, said the girl received a bite to the lower leg, which they were able to tourniquet, as well as a bite to the hand, whereas the boy was bitten on the back. Peter called an ambulance while two volunteer surf lifesavers helped …
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