Beachgoers in Porto Pollo, Italy, hold a blue shark down while others work to carefully extract a large fishing hook from its mouth. ombracorta/YouTube video screenshot
About a dozen beachgoers dragged the shark by its tail fin onto the sand, where a group of men sat on the predator to hold it still while their colleagues slowly pulled the metal hook out of its mouth.
Porcari's footage, which was posted to YouTube, shows the beach visitors dragging the shark back out into the water and pointing it toward open seas.
Witnesses said the shark remained in the area for a few minutes before swimming away.
