NSW Police Provide Update on Boy Critically Injured in Sydney Shark Attack

A 12-year-old boy is fighting for life after suffering serious leg injuries by what was believed to be a "large shark" at a beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Emergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Shark Beach at Vaucluse about 4:20pm on Sunday. Live Moment Live updates, reactions and contributions from ABC readers. Emergency services wrap up press conference NSW Ambulance Inspector Giles Buchanan andNSW Police marine area commander Superintendent Joseph Mcnulty have now finished providing an update to media. You can find more details about the attack on the ABC website. Inspector Buchanan says the boy's condition was "touch and go". Inspector Buchanan says the boy's condition was "touch and go". "It was touch and go the entire time and still he's in a very dangerous position. [He's] not out of the woods yet." NSW Ambulance Inspector Giles Buchanan says when paramedics received the boy a "resuscitation effort" took place. "[He] required CPR. The medical team would have intubated the boy, to take over his breathing for him and continued circulating blood for him as well as giving a transfusion on the way to the hospital." "We believe it was something like a bull shark that attacked the the lower limbs of that boy yesterday," Mr Mcnulty said. "The harbour, as you know, as you can see, is brackish. It's full of fresh water. The amount of rain we've had over the weekend, a lot of rainfall and a lot of fresh water." Superintendent Mcnulty described rescue efforts as a "text book recovery". "He's in for the fight of his life now. And the actions of emergency services yesterday gave him that chance. It was a horrendous scene at the time." Superintendent Mcnulty says tourniquets were applied. "They stemmed the bleeding...before putting that young boy up onto the back of that police boat, and that police boat drove off at high speed." Superintendent Joseph Mcnulty says the victim was jumping off a rock shelf with his friends at the time of the attack. "He had been bitten by a large shark. And what I can say, the actions of his mates who have gone into the water to pull him out have been nothing but brave, a gallant, recovery from his mates there." NSW Police marine area commander Superintendent Joseph Mcnulty and NSW Ambulance Inspector Giles Buchanan have called the media conference this morning about the shark attack at a harbourside beach yesterday. A 12-year-old boy is fighting for life after being pulled from the water near Shark Beach in Vaucluse on Sunday with serious injuries to both his legs in a mauling involving what police believe to be a "large shark". Follow their updates here. The boy was pulled aboard a vessel by water police officers, who attached two medical tourniquets and administered first aid. The boy sustained critical injuries to both legs and was taken to the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick for treatment and he was in intensive care. Marine Area Command commander Superintendent Joseph Mcnulty said on Monday "every second counted" and the quick response by the boy's friends helped the boy survive the attack. "He's in for the fight of his life now and the actions of emergency services yesterday gave him that chance," he said. "It was a horrendous scene at the time when police attended. We believe it was something like a bull shark that attacked the lower limbs of that boy yesterday." He said heavy rainfall over the weekend may have contributed to the attack. "At the time yesterday, the boys were jumping off a 6-metre rock that's popular in the Vaucluse area into that brackish water," he said. "We believe the combination of the brackish water, the fresh water, the actions of the splashing, may have made that perfect storm environment for that shark attack yesterday. "But thankfully what I can say — that boy is fighting for his life now." They also said that he was rescued from the water by police officers "within minutes" of the Triple Zero (000) call being made. Footage from the scene showed him being treated by paramedics in a blue police rescue tent.