A 37-year-old man was rescued by a US Coast Guard helicopter after he was bitten by a shark while surfing near Santa Rosa Island in California Saturday. “This was the best possible outcome to a truly terrifying situation,” said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Benjamin McIntyre-Coble. The victim’s friend notified the Coast Guard of the attack and […]
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A professional surfer in Florida was injured Saturday when a shark bit his elbow, leaving him bloody and with deep tooth marks. According to WJXT, surfer Frank O’Rourke was surfing at Jacksonville Beach around 3:30 p.m. when the shark latched onto his arm, knocking him off his board. O’Rourke’s friend, RJ Berger, saw the whole thing happen. […]
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An American woman was killed Wednesday in a shark attack in the Bahamas, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. Jordan Lindsey, 21, was snorkeling near Rose Island, not far from New Providence, when she was attacked, her family and police said. “We already miss her so much,” her father, Michael Lindsay, said in a statement. […]
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Charlie Winter is a devoted dad who would do anything for his kids. He’d throw himself in front a train — and even a shark. That’s exactly what the North Carolina dad did Sunday when his 17-year-old daughter, Paige, was attacked by a shark in Atlantic Beach at Fort Macon State Park. The heroic dad […]
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Cue the “Jaws” music. A helicopter company on Tuesday shared footage of a shark closely circling a kayaker in the Monterey Bay near Aptos. Giancarlo Thomae at one point ended up in the water just feet away from the patrolling shark, but he appears to be OK following the close encounter captured on video. At the beginning of […]
