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Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
A 19-year-old surfer was bitten by shark at Crescent Beach.
Shane Lancaster told the St. Augustine Record ( http://bit.ly/r3KCy4) he felt something bump into his leg while surfing Wednesday morning at the north Florida beach. When he emerged from the water, his left leg was covered in blood.
St. Johns County Marine Rescue officials cleaned and bandaged the wounds.
Lancaster told the newspaper the shark left 22 teeth marks on the bottom of his leg and six on top. Lancaster says the wounds required stitches.
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
A Victorian builder was found dead in shark-infested waters off the Queensland coast. The 48-year-old man’s body was found mauled by sharks, 13 hours after he went missing, off Palm Island.
Five helicopters and the Water Police searched for almost eight hours before recovering the body. The man was last seen on Fantome Island, part of the Palm Island group – 65 kilometres off Townsville. He and three friends were enjoying a day out, when their boat floated away. Emergency Management Queensland’s Allan Jefferson said: “Four of them went swimming out to the boat, three of them made it and the fourth one never got there.
“The person has gone into the water to retrieve the boat last night and has not returned.”
Police were alerted around 7.30pm and scoured the waters, along with a rescue helicopter until 1am.
Search efforts intensified at first light, with five helicopters from Townsville, Cairns, and Rockhampton combining efforts with the coastguard and other fishermen.
It is still unclear whether the man drowned or was taken by sharks first.
“We noticed a very big shark in the search area this morning,” Allan said.
Inspector Ian Houghton, of Townsville Police, said: “The body was retrieved from water by the water police.
“The exact cause of death will be determined at a later time.”
It is hoped an autopsy will provide hope for loved ones.
Police are now in the process of contacting the man’s family. It is believed he is from Victoria working in North Queensland on refurbishment’s in the Palm Island region.
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
A 10-year-old boy was bitten by a shark Wednesday afternoon in the ocean at Holden Beach, said Sgt. J.H. Hewett, of the Holden Beach Police Department.
The boy’s father said he was swimming in 3 to 4 feet of water in the vicinity of the 500 block of Ocean Boulevard West around 3:30 p.m. when he felt something bite his foot. He waded ashore and found a wound on his heel.
Police, fire and EMS personnel responded to the beach within minutes, and the boy was taken to Brunswick Novant Medical Center.
That night, the boy’s father told authorities his son was in stable condition but faced a long road to recovery.
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
A Plettenberg Bay man died on Tuesday after he was attacked by a shark, probably a great white, at Lookout Beach, the National Sea Rescue Institute confirmed to News24.
Doctors tried for hours to save the man, apparently a surfer.
He said that the NSRI was still speaking to the man’s family and would not release the man’s name until that has been completed.
The attack happened at 09:11 at the Keurboom’s river mouth at Lookout Beach.
According to tweets from witnesses, the man’s leg was badly injured.
The NSRI advised people not to go swimming in the Plettenberg Bay area.
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
According to a lifeguard with Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue, a young female adult was bitten by a shark in Kure Beach on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at around 5:00pm.
The victim was in fairly shallow water and sustained a shark bite on the ankle/foot area. The lifeguard stated that there was no question that the injury was the result of a shark bite.
Following the bite, the beach was closed and the victim was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center for treatment. The lifeguard stated that the injury did appear quite severe.
If this is confirmed as an actual shark bite, it will mark the fourth shark bite in NC waters & the third bite at NC beaches this year.
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
A U.S. tourist who was swimming at night in a bioluminescent bay is recovering from a suspected shark bite that occurred in a tiny island near Puerto Rico, a doctor said Wednesday.
The woman underwent surgery for severed tendons near her ankle and is expected to recover, said Dr. Edwin Miranda, a spokesman for the Rio Piedras Medical Center, where the victim was treated.
Authorities didn’t release the woman’s name. The newspaper El Nuevo Dia described her as a 27-year-old woman from Idaho who was traveling alone, according to an acquaintance of hers in Puerto Rico.
Marine experts said they suspected a shark was to blame based on descriptions of the extent of the injuries, although they had not seen pictures of the bite.
The woman was bitten late Tuesday while swimming at Mosquito Bay in Vieques, an island popular with tourists just east of Puerto Rico. The bay attracts hundreds of visitors with its bioluminescent waters filled with microscopic organisms that light up when something disturbs them.
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
A 7-year-old boy is recovering after being bitten by a shark while vacationing in Myrtle Beach.
Rudy Varney of Mingo County, W.Va. was bitten while wading in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this week.
An aunt, Carnetta Hopkins, said after the boy started screaming, relatives rushed to his side, saw blood coming from his foot and immediately got him out of the water.
Hopkins says the boy underwent surgery to repair a severed tendon and lacerated foot. He was back in his hotel room the following day.
Hopkins says the family was told by authorities the bite was most likely caused by a black-tip shark, which can grow to 5 feet long.
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
Swimming has been banned in the Sea of Japan off Russia’s Far Eastern Primorye Territory after two shark attacks in the past week have left two people hospitalized, Russian media report.
The first attack occurred Wednesday when a 25-year-old man lost both arms up to the elbow, Pravda reported. He was hospitalized in serious condition but expected to survive, according to the report.
Witnesses said the shark was about 13 feet long with large fins, according to the Pravda report.
The second attack occurred in a nearby area Thursday when a 16-year-old boy suffered severe wounds to his legs, RIA Novosti reported. The boy was hospitalized in Vladivostok, the report said. The boy’s diving suit prevented the shark from taking his legs, according to a Moscow Times report.
Authorities suspect the same shark was responsible for both attacks, according to the Pravda report.
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
A British man has been killed in a freak shark attack on a beach in the Seychelles while on honeymoon.
The 30-year-old Ian Redmond was swimming off Anse Lazio beach, on the island of Paslin – considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the world – when he was attacked by a 6ft shark.
His 27-year-old bride, Gemma Houghton was on shore just 25 yards away, when the attack happened at around 4.30pm today.
Holidaymakers on the crowded beach watched helpless as they heard him shout: “Help, help.”
It was the second fatal shark attack on the beach in less than 2 weeks. A 36-year-old French visitor died after another attack on August 2.
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Friday, August 12th, 2011
A man is recovering after authorities tell us he was bitten on the lower leg by a shark in the waters off Carteret County Thursday.
Morehead City Fire & Rescue says the man was on a boat fishing about 13 miles out when the bite happened. The man apparently got in the water to cool off.
Rescue officials say the boat came to shore along the Morehead City waterfront where rescue efforts began.
The Carteret County News-Times identifies the victim as 54-year-old Donnie White of South Carolina.
The man was transported to Carteret General Hospital. Officials there told WITN the man did not give them authorization to release his status to the media.
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