A shark saves the life of a man! - How did this happen ??

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When Eugene Finney was subjected to a vicious attack by a shark , he could have been forgiven for fearing he was a goner.

However, he says if it wasn't for the fearsome predator, he'd be dead.

Dad-of-two Eugene suffered cuts and bruises and was left in significant pain after a shark smashed into him while he was swimming off the California coast.

But when he went to hospital to get checked out, doctors found something more sinister - a cancerous tumour, which, thankfully, they were able to remove.

And he says that catching the disease early saved his life.

Eugene, from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was enjoying a family holiday at Huntington Beach, California, when he encountered the shark during a leisurely swim.

Recalling the ordeal, he told CBS Boston : “Something struck me from behind. I’d never been hit like that before. It was pretty jarring. It kind of gave me instant whiplash.”

He suffered a large gash and went to St Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Massachusetts, with chest and back pains.

Medics told him the pain was the result of blunt force trauma - from the shark attack - but they also discovered a tumour the size of a walnut on his right kidney.

Scene: The shark attack occurred at Huntington Beach in California

Two weeks ago, Dr Ingolf Tuerk removed the cancerous growth using minimally invasive robotic surgery.

Eugene credited the shark with saving his life.