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Large crowds watch as rescuers try to save stranded shark in South Korea

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In Busan, South Korea, city authorities and Coast Guard officials attempted for a third time on Wednesday to rescue a stranded shark that appeared in a local waterway on September 18. Over a million people have visited the area since then to watch the animal. Rescuers used a net attached to a pontoon to guide the shark toward open sea, but its fate remained uncertain by day's end.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-21, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

South Korean officials struggled to free a 3-meter-long (9.8-foot) female dusky shark nicknamed Bukangi from a canal in the port city of Busan on Wednesday. The shark has been trapped since September 18, drawing over a million visitors to watch it. Authorities used a floating platform and net secured to a pontoon to guide the shark through the narrow waterway for hours but by evening, the animal remained at the mouth of the canal without swimming out to open sea. City officials and coast guard scanned the waters from shore and a makeshift bridge while divers assisted in guiding Bukangi towards open water. Despite several attempts, it is still unclear whether the operation was successful.

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Topics

Busan Coast Guard South Korean

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Busan GPE · 1× Coast Guard ORG · 1× South Korean NORP · 1×

Narrative

City and Coast Guard officials scanned the water from the shore and from a makeshift bridge, while divers went in. The team used a net secured to a pontoon to guide the animal towards open water.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-21

2026-10-21 · Euronews

Large crowds watch as rescuers try to save stranded shark in South Korea · assertive framing

Claims (6 extracted, 1 hedged)

Authorities in the south-eastern South Korean city of Busan made a third attempt on Wednesday to send a trapped shark back to the open sea. asserted

Authorities → make → sea

City and Coast Guard officials scanned the water from the shore and from a makeshift bridge, while divers went in. The team used a net secured to a pontoon to guide the animal towards open water. asserted

team → scan → water

At several points, it was seen swimming close to the shore. asserted

it → see → shore

Onlookers gathered along the banks to watch. asserted

Onlookers → gather → banks

The shark first appeared in the waterway on 18 September, and more than a million visitors have come to see it since. asserted

visitors → appear → it

By late Wednesday afternoon, it was still unclear whether the operation had worked. uncertain

operation → work → afternoon