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The men retire to the cabin, where Quint relates his experience with sharks as a survivor of the sinking of the {{USS|Indianapolis|CA-35|6}}. The shark returns, damages the hull and slips away. It reappears in the morning. Brody attempts to call the [[U.S. Coast Guard]], but Quint destroys the radio. Quint harpoons two more barrels to the shark, and the men tie them both to the stern, but the shark drags the boat backwards, forcing water onto the deck and flooding the engine. Quint heads toward shore, hoping to draw it into shallow waters and [[Shark#Respiration|suffocate]] it. In his obsession to kill the shark, Quint burns out the ''Orca'''s engine.
With the boat immobilized, the trio attempt a desperate approach: Hooper dons [[Scuba set|scuba gear]] and enters the ocean inside a [[shark proof cage]], intending to stab the shark with a hypodermic spear filled with [[strychnine]]. The shark attacks the cage from behind, causing Hooper to drop the spear. When the shark becomes entangled in the wrecked cage, Hooper escapes and hides in the seabed. The shark then leaps onto the boat, crushing the [[Transom (nautical)|transom]]. Quint slides down the deck and is eaten by the shark. When the shark attacks again, Brody shoves a pressurized scuba tank into its mouth, then takes Quint's
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