Woman airlifted after critical shark attack at Sydney's Coogee Beach

In the early morning hours off Coogee Beach, one of Sydney's most beloved stretches of coastline, a woman's routine swim became a struggle for survival when a shark left her critically injured in both legs and arms. Airlifted to hospital by emergency services whose swift response may have saved her life, she joins a troubling roster of shark attack victims in Sydney waters — a city now grappling with whether the ocean it has long trusted is quietly changing its terms. The incident, arriving just months after a cluster of three attacks in a single January day, invites a deeper reckoning with wh