Jeffrey Clark, 51, was paddling out near the jetty at Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA at around 5.30pm when he “collided in a wave” with a 3-4 foot black tip or spinner shark. Clark suffered minor lacerations to his shoulder and didn’t require medical treatment.
According to media reports Clark had been surfing the region for 45 years and this was the first time had been bitten by a shark.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
News Journal
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
INJURED -- 21 July 2007 -- Cocos Islands -- snorkeller attacked
Angus Chapman, 15, was attacked by a bronze whaler shark while swimming off the Cocos Islands on Saturday 21 July 2007. He was biiten on the leg three times and suffered severe lacerations and tendon and muscle damage.
He punched the shark on the snout and it swam away.
Angus said he had just finished snorkeling when the shark attacked. He said he was glad his six-year-old brother, who was swimming next to him, was not harmed during the attack.
"If I didn't punch it, then I would have lost my leg and if it got my brother then he probably would have died, which is a lot worse,'' he told media.
Surgeon Tim Cooper said Angus’s quick thinking helped save his life.
"He told someone to put a tourniquet on his limb, which is the correct thing to do if you've got major vessel injury and I believe if a shark won't let go, you've got to punch it in the face," he said.
No other details were reported.
News.com
ABC News
He punched the shark on the snout and it swam away.
Angus said he had just finished snorkeling when the shark attacked. He said he was glad his six-year-old brother, who was swimming next to him, was not harmed during the attack.
"If I didn't punch it, then I would have lost my leg and if it got my brother then he probably would have died, which is a lot worse,'' he told media.
Surgeon Tim Cooper said Angus’s quick thinking helped save his life.
"He told someone to put a tourniquet on his limb, which is the correct thing to do if you've got major vessel injury and I believe if a shark won't let go, you've got to punch it in the face," he said.
No other details were reported.
News.com
ABC News
INJURED --19 July 2007 -- Bellows Beach, Oahu, Hawaii -- snorkeller attacked
Harvey Miller, 36, was snorkelling 150 metres from shore at Bellows Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, when he was attacked by an 8 foot Tiger shark. The incident, which occurred around 3.30pm on Thursday 19 July 2007, left a 30 centimetre gash in his left knee.
He was helped ashore and taken to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu where hospital authorities said he’d lost part of his calf and suffered some cut tendons.
Dr Patrick Murray was quoted as saying the shark damaged several nerves and the knee, leaving a 30 cm gash. He said it was lucky the shark didn’t damage the femoral artery, which would have been life threatening.
Miller told media he was snorkelling looking for turtles when it appeared that the fish looked “spooked”.
The shark “bit me and swung me around.”
“I punched it twice in the body just below dorsal fin,” he said.
The shark let go.
“I then started screaming and yelling ‘Shark!’”
Miller said he just remembers thinking he didn’t want to die this way and saying: “Oh God, not like this, no way.”
At a press briefing he thanked the man who helped him from the water saying he saved his life.
Hawaii state Shark Task Force spokesman Randy Honebrink said bite marks on two turtles found in the area and the wounds on Miller pointed to an 8-foot Tiger shark. He said when they reached 8-feet it was about this age that they switched their diets to include turtles.
Sources:
Honolulu Star Bulletin
The Chronicle Telegram
13abc
He was helped ashore and taken to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu where hospital authorities said he’d lost part of his calf and suffered some cut tendons.
Dr Patrick Murray was quoted as saying the shark damaged several nerves and the knee, leaving a 30 cm gash. He said it was lucky the shark didn’t damage the femoral artery, which would have been life threatening.
Miller told media he was snorkelling looking for turtles when it appeared that the fish looked “spooked”.
The shark “bit me and swung me around.”
“I punched it twice in the body just below dorsal fin,” he said.
The shark let go.
“I then started screaming and yelling ‘Shark!’”
Miller said he just remembers thinking he didn’t want to die this way and saying: “Oh God, not like this, no way.”
At a press briefing he thanked the man who helped him from the water saying he saved his life.
Hawaii state Shark Task Force spokesman Randy Honebrink said bite marks on two turtles found in the area and the wounds on Miller pointed to an 8-foot Tiger shark. He said when they reached 8-feet it was about this age that they switched their diets to include turtles.
Sources:
Honolulu Star Bulletin
The Chronicle Telegram
13abc
Thursday, July 19, 2007
INJURED -- 18 July 2007 -- North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, US -- wader attacked
Matthew Baker, 14, was bitten by a shark on the right calf while standing in knee deep water off North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, United States. The incident occurred around 12.30pm on Wednesday, 18 July 2007.
He was treated at Onslow Memorial Hospital.
Doctors treated two 2-inch gashes and a number of puncture wounds between Baker's knee and ankle, according to media reports. He was released from hospital later the same day.
Witnesses report seeing a group a 3 foot Gray sharks approach Matthew and friends he was swimming with.
Matthew said he did not realise it was a shark that had bit him -- thinking it was a friend of his playing with him -- then he heard witnesses screaming “shark” nearby and immediately swam to shore.
Sources
Wilmingtom Star
He was treated at Onslow Memorial Hospital.
Doctors treated two 2-inch gashes and a number of puncture wounds between Baker's knee and ankle, according to media reports. He was released from hospital later the same day.
Witnesses report seeing a group a 3 foot Gray sharks approach Matthew and friends he was swimming with.
Matthew said he did not realise it was a shark that had bit him -- thinking it was a friend of his playing with him -- then he heard witnesses screaming “shark” nearby and immediately swam to shore.
Sources
Wilmingtom Star
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
INJURED – 17 July 2007 – Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, US – wader attacked
A 30-year-old woman (name not released) was bitten on the right thigh and left foot while wading in waist deep water near Tar Landing Villas on Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, United States. The incident took place on Tuesday 17 July 2007.
People on the beach helped her to get out the water. She was treated at Carteret General Hospital and was expected to be released the same day.
The shark bite on her foot left triangular shaped teeth marks, according to the town fire chief.
No other details were reported.
Source:
WRAL
People on the beach helped her to get out the water. She was treated at Carteret General Hospital and was expected to be released the same day.
The shark bite on her foot left triangular shaped teeth marks, according to the town fire chief.
No other details were reported.
Source:
WRAL
Monday, July 09, 2007
INJURED – 5 July 2007 – New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States – surfer attacked
Chaz Cecil, 18, was bitten on his right foot by an unidentified shark on Thursday afternoon, 5 July 2007. The incident took place while he was surfing at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States.
The injury was minor – he received a few small lacerations to the top of his foot, according to a beach patrol official.
He was admitted to Bert Fish Medical Center and later discharged.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
International Herald Tribune
The injury was minor – he received a few small lacerations to the top of his foot, according to a beach patrol official.
He was admitted to Bert Fish Medical Center and later discharged.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
International Herald Tribune
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