Finley Downer was surrounded by three nurse sharks while swimming in a lagoon last week, his family said, before he was pulled to safety after being bitten on both legs. Finley was then taken to a clinic in the capital, Nassau, where he underwent a three-hour operation, according to PA Media. Finley’s father Michael Downer, 44, told the Sun: “It was like a scene out of Jaws,” adding that his son could have been killed. Michael had taken the family, including Finley and his sisters Lily, 9, and Emily, 12, on a five-island tour when the attack happened on Compass Cay. The family told the paper they joined a crowd of people swimming among nurse sharks in the lagoon. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST Describing the scene, his father recalled being covered in so much blood as his son told him: “Dad, I don’t want to die.” The family have since returned home to Kettering, Northamptonshire, where Finley is recuperating. Tour guide Exuma Escapes told the Sun the family entered an unused lagoon on their tour, without a guide. They described sharks as docile feeders, “unless they are mishandled”. Exuma Escapes has been approached for comment.
