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Matteo Mariotti, a 20-year-old Italian studying in Australia, posted harrowing footage that shows him struggling to reach the surface as a shark tries to pull him under the water at a remote beach off the coast of Queensland on Friday.

“The shark began to drag me out to sea, until at a certain point I managed to grab its head with my hands,” Mariotti recounted.

“I struggled to widen that big mouth and freed my leg, even though I understood that from the knee down there was nothing left.”

Mariotti was rushed to a hospital, where his leg had to be amputated.