NEED TO KNOW

Mercury Psillakis was fatally attacked by a shark 30 minutes after entering the water at Dee Why Beach in Sydney, Australia

The surfer's wife, Maria Psillakis, told 9News, “If we can make a positive out of this loss, I just want to ... minimize the risk and perhaps prevent this from happening to another family”

A woman is speaking out two months after her husband was fatally attacked by a shark at a beach in Australia.

During an interview with national outlet 9News on Wednesday, Nov. 12, Maria Psillakis remembered Mercury Psillakis as being “my rock, my everything.” He was mauled to death by a large shark in Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Sept. 6.

Mercury had been in the water at Dee Why 30 minutes before he was “critically” wounded and lost multiple limbs to the sea

See Full Page