Dave Pearson survived a shark attack, but faced vitriol online for it afterwards. His isolation led him to found a support group for shark attack survivors, called Bite Club. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was because the week prior, there had been another shark attack near Newcastle and that girl was still in the hospital. I was attacked by a bull shark and she was attacked by a white shark, but they were both similar sizes. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter that, whenever I was interviewed for a news story, I asked them to pass on my information to any other shark attack survivors they were talking to.

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Persons: Dave Pearson, Dave, they're, I, I'm, Mojo, I'd, we'd, I've, who've, hadn't, David Pearson, it's Organizations: Service, John Hunter Hospital, Club, Far Locations: New South Wales, Australia, Newcastle, Sydney Harbor, South Australia, Queensland