A bystander later spotted the flotation device after the lifeguard started swimming to safety.

A 71-year-old lifeguard said he was dragged underwater by a great white shark at Scarborough Beach in Maine.

What began as a casual swim off Maine's Scarborough Beach State Park became a terrifying encounter for a lifeguard when a ...

The amount of force from the great white shark is something lifeguard Greg Wilfert has never felt before.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent video of a man saving a juvenile great white shark from fishing line entanglement went viral online. Overall, an ...

Greg Wilfert, a 71-year-old lifeguard at Scarborough Beach for 55 years, was dragged underwater by a great white shark while ...

The lifeguard, who managed to escape, was using a torpedo rescue buoy about 50 yards from shore when the shark grabbed onto ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (WJW) - A lifeguard was pulled underwater by a great white shark Saturday at Scarborough Beach State Park ...

A 20-year-old fisherman, Kevin Phan, rescued a great white shark tangled in a fishing line off Hermosa Beach by wading into the water and carefully freeing it. The rescue, captured on video, showed ...

A lifeguard is recovering after a great white shark pulled him underwater near a popular family beach destination in Maine ...

Due to human waste and litter, wild animals often find themselves in harmful situations. Ocean life, for example, is frequently endangered by plastic debris and fishing lines. Although sharks are ...