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17th February 2022
08:29am GMT

Nellist was training for a charity ocean swim when he was tragically killed (Facebook)[/caption]
A friend of Nellist, Della Ross, told 7NEWS: “Everything that is connected to Simon is connected to the ocean.
"The news hit us like a truck because he was one of the people who make this earth lighter.”
Another witness told the channel: “He was swimming across the headland and the shark came at full speed.
“It’s very hard to talk about it because it happened like 10 metres off the rocks.”
In video footage taken from the rocks by fishermen, a witness can be heard saying: "Someone just got eaten by a shark. Oh man! Oh no! That’s insane. That’s a great white shark.
“The person’s still there!
“I just saw a four to five metre great white explode on the surface just here on a swimmer and it was like a car landing in the water.
“F*** man, I heard a scream and the shark was just chomping on his body and the body was in half just off the rocks here.
“It came back and swallowed parts of his body and that was it. It disappeared.”
Shark attacks are rare in Sydney as the city’s waters are protected by shark nets and the beaches are patrolled by drones.
Speaking about the tragedy, local mayor Dylan Parker said: “The coast is our community’s backyard. Little Bay is normally such a calm, beautiful place enjoyed by families.
"To lose someone to a shark attack like this is chilling. We are all in shock.
"Our entire community’s hearts go out to the family of the victim."
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