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The victim was riding surf near Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii at the time of the attack. The shark bit off most or all of the victim's limbs, while his torso was left floating in the water. The attack was reportedly witnessed "by a number of Hawaiian chiefs." [3] Joseph Blaney, 52: July 12, 1830: Unconfirmed, presumed to be a Sand shark
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.
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 ...
The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured. The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the ...
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 ...
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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.
A California man suffered injuries in an apparent encounter with a shark Friday morning while snorkeling off the coast of a Maui beach, marking the second such attack in Hawaii this year. The Maui ...