Diver Captures Close Encounter With Great White Shark
COOPER: Florida man faced down a great white shark caught it all with his Go-Pro camera. Just watching the video kind of gives you chills. Jimmy Roseman was spear-fishing off Florida's Vero Beach when the great white showed up. For two terrifying minutes, the shark circles him, getting closer and closer. At one point the shark smashed Roseman's air tank. That's how he first even knew the shark was there.</s>JIMMY ROSEMAN, FACED GREAT WHITE SHARK IN FLORIDA: Not immediately. I felt a thump and I heard that what I suspect is the teeth hitting the tank and it shot out in front of me. And I wasn't really sure how big a shark or what kind of a shark it was at that point. Until it came back at me. Then I knew right away it was a great white then.</s>COOPER: And the visibility, doesn't look like you had great visibility here.</s>ROSEMAN: No. It was -- you know, we have an average of, you know, maybe 10 to 15-foot of vis where we dive about -- you know, out in our area. So it's -- you know, it was good for our vis.</s>COOPER: And I mean the -- I understand the shark, as you said it went away, came back about eight minutes or so later. And I see you're pointing your spear gun, I mean, you're trying to keep it in front of -- between you and the shark which is obviously, I guess, a wise thing to do. You poked it several times. Did you get the sense that it was aggressive or just curious?</s>ROSEMAN: Well, once I poked it a few times. You know, I've had other shark encounters and you poke them, you know, with different types of shark and they leave right away. I noticed this one didn't want to leave. It kept getting more aggressive. So there at the last I really hit it pretty hard and it left long enough for me to get away and get to the surface. So I was glad about that.</s>COOPER: It's -- I mean -- I've gone diving a couple of times for stories with great whites off cape town and visibility was really low and there's nothing creepier than suddenly seeing an enormous great white come out of the shadows, essentially. What was that feeling like?</s>ROSEMAN: It was overwhelming, you know, like you said, 15 feet away and it appears right on you. In most of this video it's only six or seven feet away from me. So, yes I was more worried how I was going to get to the surface. I knew I had plenty of oxygen left because I just got down there. So I was grateful that he did decide to leave after I poked him pretty hard that last time.</s>COOPER: I under you went diving again later that day. A lot of people might be like I'll take a couple of days off.</s>ROSEMAN: When I got to the surface and told my friend what I had seen and told the story and everything we loaded up everything and we ran about three or four miles down the reef and dove the rest of the day and we didn't see any more sharks that day.</s>COOPER: As you're exiting, you know, you get back in your boat and your feet are still in the water. Was there a moment I need to get in the boat as quickly as possible?</s>ROSEMAN: Yes, I can promise you that was the fastest I've gotten to the surface at that depth. That's what I was bothered. When I was hiding behind the rock you got a little bit of protection. He's not going to come from underneath it or behind the rock at you. When you're going up he can come from any direction. So that's what I was more worried about.</s>COOPER: Did you think at any point of actually firing your spear gun?</s>ROSEMAN: Right there at the end you can see it comes around right before I hit at any time hard the last time. You can see me reach up and start to unhook my line from my shaft in case I had to shoot it. But it returned on me too fast and I had to hit it that last time. I hit him as hard as I could and I actually seen the tip go into the shark this time and that's when it took off long enough for me to get away.</s>COOPER: I guess a spear gun wouldn't do all that much to a 14 or 15- foot long shark.</s>ROSEMAN: Yes. That was going through my mind too. It's not going to do nothing, but hopefully it scares him enough.</s>COOPER: When I went diving with sharks the expert told me I should project confidence. How do you project confidence through a wet suit, a snorkel and a Google and all that? I guess you were projecting confidence.</s>ROSEMAN: Yes. Don't let him be the winner, I guess.</s>COOPER: I'm glad you're OK and amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing with us.</s>ROSEMAN: You're welcome. Thank you very much.</s>COOPER: Having dived with great whites off South Africa, I can tell you it is inspiring and terrifying at the same time. What was it like when I got in the water?</s>COOPER: What do I need to do?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't make false moments. What we are is the same as a jackal at a lion feed.</s>COOPER: We're the jackal at a lion feed. They will let us be there as long as we don't interfere.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't grab a bone and run away.</s>COOPER: The water is filled with chump, fish parts and blood and a number of sharks are already circling the boat. So it's time to go. To get to the bottom I climb into a cage, which is lowered about 20 feet to the ocean floor. Mike is already there scouting for any sharks. Then he signals for me to swim out.