Pair survive shark waters ordeal

A BRITISH diver thought he and his American girlfriend would be eaten alive by sharks as they spent a long and traumatic night floating over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Dick Neely, 38, and Alison Dalton, 40, were plucked by a helicopter rescue crew from the ocean on Saturday off the eastern coast after an overnight air search.

The couple tied their wetsuits together and huddled to share body heat during their 19 hours adrift in 75-degree waters.