A 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a catastrophic shark attack in Sydney Harbor. He was rescued by heroic friends who leaped from a cliff to save him.

A surfer was attacked one day after a large shark bit a 12-year-old boy in the legs, leaving him fighting for survival in a hospital.

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The predator bit the boy, believed to be about 13 years old, during the late afternoon off Shark Beach, police said.

Another suspected bull shark bit an 11-year-old boy's surfboard on Sydney's Northern Beaches yesterday morning, and a man in his 20s was bitten on the leg at Manly the same day. Encounters like these seem to be on the rise in NSW and across state borders, leaving some Australians afraid to even set foot in the ocean.