Guam Victim Speaks!

Tuesday’s shark attack victim Jonathan Leon Guerrero lived to tell the story of his run-in with a blacktip reef shark.

The 27-year-old was spearfishing with friends when a shark began circling them. They were in about 30′ of water and the 4′ shark was eying their catch. Guerrero’s friends shot spears at the shark and Guerrero grabbed it, but a wave knocked him down and the shark bit his arm and swam off. The lacerations were about a half-inch deep and caused some muscle and nerve damage. He’ll keep his arm and he’ll heal up okay, but he’ll have some numbness and an nasty scar.

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Shark Attack In Guam!

A man was sent to Guam Memorial Hospital after a shark bit his arm while he was swimming at Ritidian Point yesterday afternoon.

The 27-year-old-man was conscious when he was transported to the hospital, but his left arm was “severely bleeding.”

No one knows what type of shark it was or how big, but he lost a lot of blood.

According to Pacific Daily News files, Guam’s last recorded shark attack was in 2006 when a tiger shark injured a Japanese tourist who was scuba diving at Gun Beach.

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