The heartbroken father of Queensland teenager Charlize Zmuda, who was killed in a shark attack on Monday, has spoken about the moment he heard sirens barrelling towards the beach and knew his 17-year-old daughter had died. Charlize was swimming off Woorim Beach near Rickman Parade on Monday when she was attacked by a shark about 4.45pm, suffering critical injuries to her upper body. Paramedics and the fire service rushed to the scene and desperately tried to save the teenager but she died at the scene. About 200 mourners, including her friends and family, assembled at the beach on Tuesday to pay tribute to the teen.
'I was a broken man': Devastated dad recalls the moment he heard sirens and knew his daughter had died in shark attack
Charlize was swimming off Woorim Beach near Rickman Parade on Monday when she was attacked by a shark about 4.45pm, suffering critical injuries to her upper body. Charlize Zmuda was fatally mauled by a shark in waters off Bribie Island on Monday, February 3. Picture: SuppliedHer father, Steve, told The Courier Mail that he sensed something was wrong at the beach when he heard the sound of sirens.
The devasted father was then tasked with the unimaginable job of telling his wife and youngest daughter, Steph.“I said ‘Charlize is dead’… to see my daughter try to process the fact that she had lost his sister, as a 13-year-old girl … just watching her….”
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