A tour guide was diving with dolphins off the Western Australian coast, when she was attacked by a 9.8-foot shark. She was helped by a fellow diver, who pulled the animal away from her by its tail.<br /><br />Elyse Frankcom was diving with a group of tourists to see dolphins off the coast of Perth when a 9.8-foot shark attacked her.<br /><br />A fellow diver managed to grab the shark by the tail and pull it off her.<br /><br />[Unidentified diver who helped fend off shark]:<br />"No comment, thank you. It's cool, all I want is the girl to be OK."<br /><br />Frankcom was taken by helicopter for treatment. She underwent six hours of surgery and is in stable condition.<br /><br />[Frank Pisani, Fremantle Sea Rescue Skipper]:<br />"The bites were to both thighs, that we could see, both left and right-hand thighs."<br /><br />Frankcom had recently posted on her Facebook page, which reads: "If I get attacked or die, at least I die happy and doing the thing I love."<br /><br />Frankcom, who works for Rockingham Wild Encounters, now has a souvenir from her ordeal.<br /><br />[Terry Houston, Operator of Rockinhham Wild Encounters]:<br />"They pulled a shark tooth out of her butt so, ah, Elyse is pretty proud of that so, ah, she's got that as a bit of a memento.”<br /><br />The shark has not been officially identified but is believed to be a Great White.
