"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief... just delivered the Bomb, the Hiroshima Bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. The vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, chief? You can tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief, sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups, you know kinda like old squares in a battle like you see in a calendar, like the Battle Of Waterloo, and the idea was the shark comes to the nearest man and you pound and holler and scream and sometimes the shark'd go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you...right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at you he doesn't seem to be living...until he bites you...and those black eyes roll over white and then...aw, then you hear that terrible high pitched screamin', the ocean turns red, and in spite of all the poundin' and hollerin' they all come in and they...rip you to pieces..."
Classic Scene #35: Jaws
The Thing About A Shark...
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