{"id":40777,"date":"2026-04-04T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40777"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:14:54","slug":"young-man-strips-down-to-his-undies-saves-juvenile-great-white-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=40777","title":{"rendered":"Young Man Strips Down to His Undies, Saves Juvenile Great White Shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Viral video emerged this week that captured a young fisherman wading in his underwear into the pounding Southern California surf to wrestle a juvenile great white shark that washed up on the beach after he inadvertently hooked the protected species.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\"><strong>Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<iframe title=\"Hero in the Ocean: Man Frees Helpless Shark from Fishing Line\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVivJ9IQnC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Phan, 20, was fishing at about 9 a.m. local time Wednesday from the Hermosa Beach pier, when, after a long fight with a heavy catch, the responsible angler realized a great white was on the other end of his line \u2014 a species off limits for fishing along the California coast, the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/04rbT#selection-3603.0-3603.131\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Waves washed the juvenile shark onto the beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cThe next thing I knew, one of the fishermen was half naked, stripped down to his underwear, and was in the water trying to get the hook out,\u201d local resident\u00a0Alexandra Garry explained to the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<p>In footage captured by Garry, Phan rushes toward the shark in his boxers, as onlookers watch from the pier, taking a pair of scissors with him in an attempt to free the flailing young predator.<\/p>\n<p>It was no easy task, with four-foot-high surf slamming both the shark and its rescuer, making it difficult for him to cut the line. As he finally does and tosses it, a lifeguard truck pulls up on the beach in the background and he calls for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The guard approaches but then heads back to the truck as Phan pulls the shark by its tail up the sand then turns it around, taking it back to the surf. When the lifeguard returns they both push it into the surf, filling its gills with water, as a shark needs to be moving to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>It swims away and Phan holds up his arms in victory as onlookers cheer in the background.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cIt was a little bit scary, because I have never dealt with a white shark before and the teeth were a bit intimidating,\u201d Phan told\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p>He said he has been fishing for five years but was not targeting that kind of shark and knew it was protected under the state\u2019s fishing restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Phan reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/fisherman-strips-down-frees-great-white-shark-hooked-at-hermosa-beach-pier\/\">suffered<\/a> minor cuts and scrapes but was otherwise ok.<\/p>\n<p>Juvenile great white sharks pose a low risk to swimmers, studies by the California State University at Long Beach have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/heart-pounding-video-shows-fisherman-leaping-ocean-save-great-white-shark\">shown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They gather near the shore to feed on small fish.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributor Lowell Cauffiel is the best-selling author of the Los Angeles crime novel <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Below-Line-Hollywood-Crime-Novel\/dp\/1956763481\/ref=sr_1_7?crid=KQ1QYVPX21QM&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.r_NVW3uv7PgjANhquB5aMnnQgiThgebLb0CRzDfYT44fKy0b05JBB4VC_i9Gn5wLkYfbUov8wILZGdttzIFUIG-fEWOUlaO2GoLT-s2L5uAKUSvtkk33hPdsM0w3Gq7Ntwy9rZi_aFmGvXTTcxRMkYXp_YxwyyYaoQ6sUElRgywcmEZXAjgg27VLy52prx1W7ejqSpUnZ6lZhHddZ87IR7qrJiWRb6Td_mzJCwazhcQ.5Vd2xzVJKDyQdeutrrvsihk3b6tua570r1NFGfnDTs0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=below+the+line&amp;qid=1744394320&amp;sprefix=below+the+lin%2Caps%2C132&amp;sr=8-7\"><em>Below the Line<\/em><\/a><em> and nine other crime novels and nonfiction titles. See <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowellcauffiel.com\/\">lowellcauffiel.com<\/a> <em>for more<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/local\/2026\/04\/03\/watch-young-man-strips-down-to-his-undies-saves-juvenile-great-white-shark-in-the-surf\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viral video emerged this week that captured a young fisherman wading in his underwear into the pounding Southern California surf to wrestle a juvenile great white&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}