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Romento was attacked and killed while bodyboarding at 9:45 a.m. in shallow, clear water approximately 90 feet (27 m) from shore off Keʻeau Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii. His right leg was severely bitten in three places by a 10–12-foot (3.0–3.7 m) tiger shark, and he died of blood loss a short time after swimming to shore.
Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer. In 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia. List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion. List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters. List of fatal shark attacks in the United States.
The previous fatal attack was on Dec. 30, when a man lost his left leg while surfing about 150 yards from shore at Paia Bay, Maui. Surfer Mike Morita lived to tell of the 8-to 10-foot tiger shark ...
Elsewhere, a 15-year-old surfer was killed in a shark attack in the waters off South Australia on Thursday. Khai Cowley is suspected to have been attacked by a great white shark while surfing in ...
According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, which tracks shark attacks around the world, Hawaii has logged 171 shark attacks since 1837 — the second state, after Florida, with the most ...
According to records, the last fatal shark encounter in Hawaii occurred when a snorkeler was killed off Maui on December 8, 2022. CNN’s Zoe Sottile and Paradise Afshar contributed to this report.
The 2016 yearly total of 81 shark attacks worldwide was on par with the most recent five-year (2011–2015) average of 82 incidents annually. [18] By contrast, the 98 shark attacks in 2015 was the highest yearly total on record. [18]