Mike Coots, 38, from Hawaii, USA, in a wheelchair when he was 18 after being attacked by a tiger shark with family and wellwishers) - A photographer who survived getting his leg ripped off by asharkhas captured gut-wrenching footage of a new ultra-close encounter with one of the predators. Mike Coots was boogie boarding in waters off Hawaii aged 18 when a tigershark grabbed him by his right leg and bit it clean off in a bloody attack. But in an unlikely twist, the 38-year-old later became asharkconservationist and still regularly dives with the beasts in international hotspots to raise awareness.SEE CATERS COPY s3704 *** Local Caption *** Mike Coots, catersnews, animal.press