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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Waters off Ho’okipa Beach Park were closed for two hours yesterday after a shark sighting on the north shore of Maui.
The shark was estimated to be a 12-foot tiger shark, and it was spotted at 11:15 a.m. about 150 yards from the surf break.
Ho’okipa, a popular surfing spot, was closed from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for one mile both north and south of the surfing reef. The beach park remained open.
Warning signs were posted in the area, and no injuries were reported.
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
A 19-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark at the Kwelera Mouth, East Coast Resorts just after 12pm on Tuesday.
The teenager was out surfing with three friends when the shark was spotted. After being bitten, the teen quickly paddled back to the shore and friends immediately rushed him to the local pharmacy. Pharmacy?
He had some deep lacerations on his right leg so they bandaged him up at the pharmacy and stabilised him until he could be taken to the hospital.
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
An Australian woman suffered massive blood loss and was airlifted to hospital Saturday after being savaged by a shark off an island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The 60-year-old was dragged underwater by the shark near Dent Island on the popular Whitsundays around lunchtime.
The woman lost several litres of blood from deep leg wounds and severe lacerations to her buttocks.
She was taken by dive boat to nearby Hamilton Island for an emergency blood transfusion before being airlifted to the Australian mainland for treatment.
This is the second shark attack in Australia in a week… a man was bitten while surfing with his young son by a wobbegong shark on Thursday. He was left with a tooth fragment in a leg.
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
A scientist has ruled out claims a Sydney surfer was attacked by a great white shark this morning, pinpointing the attacker as the usually docile, bottom-dwelling wobbegong.
Paul Welsh, 46, was attacked while teaching his 10-year-old son to surf yesterday at the Mona Vale Basin on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Mr Welsh said he had to cling to a rock to fight off the animal, which had latched onto his leg.
“I didn’t see it [but] my son said he saw it before, which he obviously didn’t tell me and he waited for dad to get bitten.
“Rather me than him, because it probably would have taken his leg off.”
The victim was released from hospital around midday after doctors found a tooth fragment in his leg.
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
A man was rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a great white shark in Australia today.
The man, Paul Welsh, was surfing with his 10-year-old son this morning, close to shore, when the 6 ft shark attacked him in shallow water.
Welsh was left with some deep lacerations to his legs and he has at least one shark’s tooth still in his leg.
Witnesses said Welsh grabbed on to the rocks to try and pull himself to shore and the great white tried to drag him back into the water.
Welsh managed to break free and scramble to shore. His wife drove him to Mona Vale Hospital for treatment.
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
A fisherman was rushed to the hospital after he was bitten by a shark off Singer Island on Saturday.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was releasing a shark he had accidentally hooked when it bit him on the leg.
The victim was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center.
This is the second shark bite in the area within the last week.
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