Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
INJURED – 25 May 2009 – Clearwater Beach, Florida, US – swimmer attacked
A brief report by My Fox Tampa Bay says a man, Dana Joseph (no age given), claimed he was bitten on the right foot by a five- to eight-foot long shark while swimming near Pier 60 about 100 metres off Clearwater Beach, Florida, US. The incident happened around 7pm local time on Monday 25 May 2009.
"I went out in the water a little too deep and a shark grabbed my leg," Joseph told media. He said he swam away as fast as he could and got as many children out of the water as possible.
He had a small wound on his right foot and sought treatment at hospital. No other details were reported.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
INJURED – 16-17 May 2009 – New Smyrna Beach, Florida, US – 3 surfers attacked
From a brief report in the Miami Herald:
Authorities say three people received relatively minor bites from sharks off New Smyrna Beach over the weekend. (16-17 May 2009)
Emergency officials say two bites were reported about five minutes apart on Saturday morning. A third bite was reported around the same time of day Sunday morning.
One of Saturday's victims was bitten on his hand but was able to drive himself to the hospital. Another man was bitten on his foot and required surgery. Sunday's victim was bit on the leg and required several stitches.
No other details were reported.
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Miami Herald
INJURED – 16 May 2009 – Exuma Islands, Bahamas – diver attacked
A tourist diver, Luis Hernandez, 48, was bitten on the right arm by a bull shark while on a shark-feeding expedition. The attack left severe wounds to his arm. The incident happened on Saturday 16 May 2009, while he was diving off Exuma Islands in the Bahamas.
According to reports Hernandez said he could see strips of muscle dangling from his bone after the shark finally let go of his arm.
The shark bit down on Hernandez's arm and would not let go.
“It felt like a torpedo hit my body, and it pulled me out of the water and the next thing I saw was the face of the shark right next to my face. And I tried to fight him, I'm gonna say for about 30 seconds, and finally got him off my arm. And I injured my other hand trying to open his jaw,” Luis told CBS4.
Hernandez was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries to repair the damage. He still faces several more surgeries, but doctors expect him to make a full recovery.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
INJURED – 12 May 2009 -- Ritdian Point, Guam – swimmer attacked
Guampdn reports that a 27-year-old-man was bitten on the arm while swimming at Ritdian Point, Guam, in the afternoon of 12 May 2009.
He was sent to Guam Memorial Hospital. According to sources at the hospital his wound was not life threatening, but he had lost a lot of blood.
He was due to have surgery on his arm that evening.
It was not known what type of shark it was.
No other details were reported.
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SCARED – 9 May 2009 – Cockburn Sound, Western Australia – fisherman harassed
This report – originally reported by Perth Now – tells of a fisherman’s horrifying ordeal with 4.5 metre great white. The incident happened at 7am on 9 May about 2 nautical miles form shore at Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.
A FISHERMAN came face-to-face with a massive great white shark after falling from his dinghy in Cockburn Sound in Western Australia yesterday morning.
PerthNow reports that the Rockingham man, aged in his 30s, fell into the sea as he tried to defend himself against a 4.5m shark that rammed his small aluminium fishing boat from behind at 7am.
In a terrifying chain of events described by sea rescue volunteers, the man tried to deter the shark from chewing on his outboard motor by hitting it on the nose with an oar.
But the man-eating monster grabbed the oar and as the fisherman attempted to retrieve it, he toppled into the water.
The boat, which the man was preparing to anchor, was still in gear and motored away from him towards shore, preventing him from climbing aboard.
The shark circled the man four or five times before he was able to flee. He began a frantic two nautical mile swim to shore and was picked up by a fisherman after half an hour.
Rockingham Sea Rescue volunteers recounted the man's terror at his narrow escape.
"He told us the dorsal fin was about the height of a table and the shark was about 4-5m long,'' said volunteer rescuer Colin Lowson.
"He said when he fell out of the boat, he was face-to-face with the shark. It was that close. "All he saw was a mass of white.''
The incident occurred just a few kilometres from where Port Kennedy man Brian Guest was taken by a 4m-5m white pointer in December 2008.
Guest, 56, was diving for crabs in just a few metres of water when he was taken by a giant shark.
According to the West Australian the 35-year-old man refused to speak to the press about his ordeal and requested police to retain his anonymity.
According to this report he told his rescuers he had tried to stay very still as the shark circled.
The incident occurred around 7am, west of Point Peron.
Police spokesman Samuel Dinnison said the man had been preparing to drop anchor when he heard a noise behind the boat.
“When he turned around he noticed a shark, described as a 4.5m white pointer, nibbling at the motor,” Mr Dinnison said.
“The man tried to push the shark away with an oar, and in the process dropped the oar in to the water, and fell overboard. The boat drifted away from him before he was able to climb back on board.
When he came ashore: “The guy was shaken up, very shaken up. It was a big shark and he came face to face with it,” said Lowson said.
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