Man gets bravery award for saving teen guide in shark attack

An Australian has earned a bravery award for grabbing a 12ft (3.7m) great white shark by the tail as it mauled a snorkeller.

Trevor Burns received the Star of Courage for grappling with the shark and then rescuing its victim, Elyse Frankcom, off the south-west coast town of Rockingham in 2010. The only higher Australian civilian award for bravery is the Cross of Valour.