One of the two surf lifesavers who worked to free the man, Ace Petrie, said when he first reached the man, he was submerged from chest down in fast moving water.
Mitch Parkinson, an intensive care flight paramedic with Ambulance Tasmania, was among the first people on the scene. He said it was the most challenging case that I have ever taken part in.
This was an exceptionally strong and resilient man and he maintained that throughout the night, Parkinson said.
When we tried to pull his leg out, he would say oh, my leg is broken'. Apart from that, we couldn't take his mind off the situation and talk to him about his family.
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