Large crowds watch rescue teams as they try to save the shark trapped in a ditch in South Korea

Officials in Busan undertook a third attempt to pull out a shark that was trapped in a ditch, and turn it into a sea. This animal has attracted more than a million visitors.

On Wednesday, authorities in the city of Busan, in southeastern Korea, made a third effort to turn a shark blocked into an open sea.

City officials and the Coastal Watch the water from the coast and from an improvised bridge as divers entered the water.

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The team used a network connected to a pump to direct the animal to open waters. In some cases, the shark was seen swimming near the coast.

Many gathered along the coast to see it. The shark first appeared in the canal on September 18th, and since then over a million visitors have come to see it.

Until late hours Wednesday afternoon, it was not yet clear whether the operation had succeeded. /Telegraphy/