The 34-year-old three-time best on the planet battled off an extensive shark amid the last warmth of a world visit occasion at Jeffreys Sound in South Africa's Eastern Cape territory on Sunday in emotional scenes shot live the world over.
He survived unscathed, with his opponent and close companion Wilson, likewise from Australia, angrily paddling towards him to help regardless of the threat postured by the shark, accepted to be an extraordinary white.
"I figure somebody was paying special mind to me. To leave a shark assault with not a scratch on you, it's a supernatural occurrence truly," Fanning said subsequent to landing back in Sydney with Wilson, where they were met by a huge media scrum.
"You simply number your fortunate stars and if there is somebody up there caring for us - much appreciated."
As he was dispatched his board and urgently punched the shark to keep it under control, Wilson paddled towards him in valiant activities that provoked his home state Queensland to name him for a dauntlessness honor.
"This man went to my guide like a warrior!!," Fanning said of Wilson in an Instagram post prior in the day, after online networking went into emergency over the sensational near disaster.
A YouTube clasp of the assault has had very nearly 13.5 million perspectives and even Hollywood stars, for example, Charlize Theron and Russell Crowe have been taking after the activity on Twitter.
Wilson played down his response, calling Fanning "an incredible good example".
"When I understood the threat and what was going on, I couldn't arrive sufficiently brisk," he said in Sydney, including that Fanning going up against the shark impelled him on.
"It could be the thing that gave me the boldness to simply set out toward him. You know, to see that he simply turned on something that was such a great amount of greater than him."