Surfer’s leg washes up after shark attack, doctors scramble to reattach it

An Australian surfer’s leg has washed up on a beach after it was torn off during a horror shark attack — with doctors now scrambling to see if the severed limb can be reattached.

Kai McKenzie, 23, is in a critical but stable condition in a hospital after he was attacked by the great white shark near Port Macquarie in New South Wales on Tuesday, ABC News reported .

Just seconds after being bitten, the surfer miraculously managed to fight off the nearly 10-foot shark and catch a wave back to the beach to get help, first responders said.

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“He was very lucky at the time we had a [off duty] police officer that was walking his dog,” NSW Ambulance’s Kirran Mowbray said.

“He used a lead off the dog as a tourniquet to wrap around the young man’s leg and essentially saved the man’s life until the paramedics got there.”

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McKenzie — who first responders described as being “calm” and “completely with it” in the immediate aftermath — was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

His severed right leg washed ashore a short time later and was put on ice by locals before it, too, was taken to the hospital.

The surfer and his leg were then airlifted to John Hunter Hospital — a major trauma center more than 120 miles away — where surgeons were assessing if the limb could be saved.

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It wasn’t immediately clear if the surgery had been a success.

“He’s just a really brave and courageous young man,” Mowbray said.

McKenzie, who is a sponsored surfer, had only recently returned to the water after suffering a neck injury earlier this year.

A GoFundMe page set up to help cover medical costs has already received more than $116,000 in donations since the attack.

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