A very brief news report says a 21-year-old woman was bitten on the ankle by a shark while swimming off a private beach on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, US, on Wednesday12 July 2006. Another report on the Kiawah Island website says she was transported to hospital around 1.30pm local time. She was reportedly taken to nearby Roper St Francis Hospital in good condition.
This is the second shark attack in South Carolina in a week. There was an attack in DeBordieu on 8 July.
No other details were available at the time of this blog.
Sources:
ABC News Charleston
Kiawah Island website news
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
INJURED -- 9 July 2006 -- New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US -- swimmer attacked
A 40-year-old New York man (name not reported) was bitten on the top of his left foot in waist-deep water near the jetty at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US, around 5pm local time on Sunday 9 July.
Officials told the media the injury was minor and the man did not require medical treatment.
A beach patrol officer said the man had two small cuts on the top of his foot.
No other details for were available at the time of this blog.
Sources:
First Coast News
Officials told the media the injury was minor and the man did not require medical treatment.
A beach patrol officer said the man had two small cuts on the top of his foot.
No other details for were available at the time of this blog.
Sources:
First Coast News
INJURED - 8 July 2006 -- Debordieu, Georgetown County, South Carolina, US -- surfer attacked
Caelin Lacy, 14, was bitten on the left foot by a shark while surfing in chest deep water off the north end of Debordieu, near Pawleys Island, Georgetown Country, South Carolina, US.
The attack took place after 11am local time on Saturday 8 July.
Reports differ on the type of shark believed responsible for the attack. One quotes Caelin as saying it was a Bull shark that bit her. Another report quotes her as saying it was a 5-6 foot spinner shark.
Caelin told WIS 10 TV she was surifng on her Boogie board about 25 feet from the beach.
"A group of bait fish had swum in around me, and I hadn't seen them, and a bunch of sharks did too, a pack. They were feeding."
She said that at one point there were 20 fins surrounding her.
"I looked behind me and something had grabbed hold of my foot, it was a six-foot bull shark. And it tore up my foot, but it didn't thrash or anything. I kicked it with my right foot, and it let go immediately."
"When I first got bit, it didn't hurt because it hadn't really clicked yet, didn't seem real. Then when I looked back at my foot, all the blood in the water, I started screaming and I freaked out. Then I blacked out and the next thing I remember was being on the sand."
Caelin was quoted by The Sun News’ Myrtle Beach Online as saying she had just caught a wave, "another good wave was coming and I started kicking. All of a sudden, I turned around and something had grabbed hold of my foot."
With her free foot, she kicked the shark - which she identified as a 5- to 6-foot-long spinner shark - and screamed for help, the report said.
Her mother, Janice Lacy, and an unidentified man, ran from the beach to rescue her. "It seemed like miles to me at the time," said her mother. "When I got to her there were fins all around her. She was in the middle of a school of fish."
Lacy told the media how her daughter reached out to her for help. She said the uncertain rescue the most horrifying moment of her life.
"I just grabbed her by the wrist and pulled to just yank her to me," she said. "I didn’t know what part of her was going to come with me when I yanked, when I pulled her out. That was the moment that I will never forget."
Doctors who were on the beach at the time helped stop the bleeding. She was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital.
The shark bite severed three tendons, the most important one was only half torn meaning she was likely to make a full recovery. Caelin said doctors had told her she would require around 70 stitches.
"You're more likely to be struck by lightening than you are to be attacked by sharks," Caelin told the the media. "I can't let this keep me out of the water."
Sources:
Myrtle Beach Online
WIS 10 TV
image source
Monday, July 10, 2006
INJURED -- 9 July 2006 -- Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, US -- wader attacked
A very brief report from First Coast News says an 11-year-old boy was bitten on the leg in knee-deep water on Sunday, 9 July, at Ponte Vedra Beach, on the Atlantic coast of Florida, US.
The report said the boy was taken to Baptist Hospital South, Jacksonville, with non-life threatening injuries.
No further details or reports were available at the time of this blog.
Resources:
First Coast News
The report said the boy was taken to Baptist Hospital South, Jacksonville, with non-life threatening injuries.
No further details or reports were available at the time of this blog.
Resources:
First Coast News
Sunday, July 09, 2006
INJURED -- 8 July 2006 -- Playalinda Beach, Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, US -- swimmer attacked
A teenage boy (either 13 or 14) was bitten on the left calf by a shark while swimming off Playalinda Beach at Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, US on Saturday 8 July.
The boy was not identified.
The attack took place around 1pm while he was swimming with his mother. She told media she saw her boy being pulled under the water up to his neck then heard him scream.
The boy was taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville by ambulance and then airlifted to Orlando’s Arnold Palmer (Hospital for Women and Children) in stable condition.
There were no other details available at he time of this blog.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
Florida Today
The boy was not identified.
The attack took place around 1pm while he was swimming with his mother. She told media she saw her boy being pulled under the water up to his neck then heard him scream.
The boy was taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville by ambulance and then airlifted to Orlando’s Arnold Palmer (Hospital for Women and Children) in stable condition.
There were no other details available at he time of this blog.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
Florida Today
Thursday, June 29, 2006
INJURED -- 24 June 2006 -- Mangrove Cay, Andros, Bahamas -- diver attacked
Fisherman Whitefield Rolle, 25, lost his right arm when he was attacked by a shark while spear fishing at Mangrove Cay, Andros, Bahamas. The attack occurred around 1pm on Saturday 24 June, according to a brief report in the Nassua Guardian on 28 June.
Sergeant David Thompson of the Police Station was quoted as saying Rolle had “speared a snapper and went to retrieve it. And while doing that a shark passed at the same time and caught him in the right arm."
Rolle was airlifted into New Providence hospital in Nassau around 4 pm that afternoon.
Sergeant Thompson told the newspaper that the attack was the first of its kind to occur in the Mangrove Cay fishing community to his knowledge.
No further details about the nature of the attack, Rolle's condition -- whether his arm was severed in the attack or whether it had to be amputated -- or size and species of the shark were reported.
Sources:
Nassau Guardian
Sergeant David Thompson of the Police Station was quoted as saying Rolle had “speared a snapper and went to retrieve it. And while doing that a shark passed at the same time and caught him in the right arm."
Rolle was airlifted into New Providence hospital in Nassau around 4 pm that afternoon.
Sergeant Thompson told the newspaper that the attack was the first of its kind to occur in the Mangrove Cay fishing community to his knowledge.
No further details about the nature of the attack, Rolle's condition -- whether his arm was severed in the attack or whether it had to be amputated -- or size and species of the shark were reported.
Sources:
Nassau Guardian
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
INJURED -- 27 June 2006 -- Hutchinson Island, Florida, US -- boogie boarder attacked
Nine-year-old Juliette Shipp was bitten on the right calf while standing in two to three foot of water with her boogie board off Hutchinson Island, off the Atlantic coast of Florida.
According to media witnesses said quite a chunk was taken out of her calf, however Audria Moore, a police spokeswoman told The Times: “She’s going to be fine. She will need some stitches. She’s not losing her leg. It’s still intact.”
The attack took place about 11am on Tuesday 27 June. The size and type of shark was not reported.
The girl’s mother told CBS4 News she was on a raft in deeper water at the time of the attack. She heard her daughter scream and then when she lifted up her leg up she saw the wound. She went over and grabbed her daughter and took her to the beach.
The girl was admitted to Lawnwood Medical Centre where she was to undergo surgery.
Sources:
The Times online
CBS4 News
According to media witnesses said quite a chunk was taken out of her calf, however Audria Moore, a police spokeswoman told The Times: “She’s going to be fine. She will need some stitches. She’s not losing her leg. It’s still intact.”
The attack took place about 11am on Tuesday 27 June. The size and type of shark was not reported.
The girl’s mother told CBS4 News she was on a raft in deeper water at the time of the attack. She heard her daughter scream and then when she lifted up her leg up she saw the wound. She went over and grabbed her daughter and took her to the beach.
The girl was admitted to Lawnwood Medical Centre where she was to undergo surgery.
Sources:
The Times online
CBS4 News
Monday, June 19, 2006
FATAL -- 18 June 2006 -- Olinda, Brazil -- surfer attacked
Humberto Pessoa Batista, 27, died from blood loss after being attacked by a shark while surfing at a beach in the city of Olinda in North East Brazil. Olinda is just north of Recife.
Bastista was surfing with around 30 other surfers about 15 metres from the beach when he was bitten on the left thigh. The bite ruptured his femoral artery and he died of blood loss as rescue workers tried to take him to hospital.
No other details were available at the time of this blog.
According to media Batista's death was the 18th since 1992 caused by shark attacks in the area. Surfing has traditionally been banned in the area due to the high concentration of sharks attracted to waters off Recife by a large coral reef where they feed, but authorities had lifted the restriction this year because few sharks had been sighted.
Sources: Associated Press via Yahoo News
Bastista was surfing with around 30 other surfers about 15 metres from the beach when he was bitten on the left thigh. The bite ruptured his femoral artery and he died of blood loss as rescue workers tried to take him to hospital.
No other details were available at the time of this blog.
According to media Batista's death was the 18th since 1992 caused by shark attacks in the area. Surfing has traditionally been banned in the area due to the high concentration of sharks attracted to waters off Recife by a large coral reef where they feed, but authorities had lifted the restriction this year because few sharks had been sighted.
Sources: Associated Press via Yahoo News
Sunday, June 18, 2006
INJURED -- 16 June 2006 -- New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US -- surfer attacked
A 24-year-old surfer suffered minor cuts from a shark bite while wading in four feet of murky water at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, Beach on Thursday 15 June, Beach Patrol officials told media.
Mike Milea was wading just south of the jetty at Ponce de Leon Inlet around 3:30 pm when he felt something grabbing at his left ankle.
He was treated on the beach for three or four puncture wounds on his foot, each less than an inch long. Beach Patrol officials said the injury was "very minor" and that Milea refused transport to the hospital.
The size and type of shark were not reported.
According to Beach Patrol spokesman Scott Petersohn - most of Volusia County's shark bites occur at New Smyrna Beach. Its waters aren't known for the aggressive bull sharks like the Gulf of Mexico, Petersohn said. Most Volusia County victims are bitten by smaller, juvenile blacktip and spinner sharks that mistake hands and feet for bait fish.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
Mike Milea was wading just south of the jetty at Ponce de Leon Inlet around 3:30 pm when he felt something grabbing at his left ankle.
He was treated on the beach for three or four puncture wounds on his foot, each less than an inch long. Beach Patrol officials said the injury was "very minor" and that Milea refused transport to the hospital.
The size and type of shark were not reported.
According to Beach Patrol spokesman Scott Petersohn - most of Volusia County's shark bites occur at New Smyrna Beach. Its waters aren't known for the aggressive bull sharks like the Gulf of Mexico, Petersohn said. Most Volusia County victims are bitten by smaller, juvenile blacktip and spinner sharks that mistake hands and feet for bait fish.
Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
Sunday, June 11, 2006
New hammerhead shark discovered
A new type of hammerhead shark has been discovered in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, the BBC online quotes marine scientists as saying.
The shark resembles a common species called the scalloped hammerhead but has not yet been classified or named.
US researchers say the animal appears to be rare, breeding only in waters off the South Carolina coast.
They believe the shark is at risk of extinction and conservation efforts are needed to protect females when they are raising their pups.
More from BBC online…
INJURED - 31 May 2006 - Marijuanas, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii - diver attacked
Ronald Deguilmo, 26, was free diving at the surf spot Marijuanas (near Chun’s Reef ) on the North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii when he was attacked and bitten on the left arm by a shark. The incident took place at about 1.30pm on Wednesday, 31 May 2006.
Deguilmo hit the shark with the butt of his speargun before it released its grip on his arm.
Two friends who were diving with him -- James Santiago, 24, and Tommy Miller, 29 -- came to his rescue after he surfaced shouting: “I got hit! I got bit by a shark!”
Santiago told media: "We started swimming toward him and tried not to panic."
He said Deguilmo’s arm looked “pretty bad. It was pretty bloody. It was deep.”
"He told us that he hit it when the shark was tugging at his arm," Santiago was quoted in the press as saying. "When he hit it, it let him go."
The two friends supported Deguilmo on the way back to shore keeping a lookout in case the shark returned, but they never saw it.
Deguilmo was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital and then transferred to St Francis Medical Center West.
According to his brother, Noel Deguilmo, doctors said he would recover but he might not have all the feeling in his fingers.
The size and type of shark was not established.
Sources: The Honolulu Advertiser
Deguilmo hit the shark with the butt of his speargun before it released its grip on his arm.
Two friends who were diving with him -- James Santiago, 24, and Tommy Miller, 29 -- came to his rescue after he surfaced shouting: “I got hit! I got bit by a shark!”
Santiago told media: "We started swimming toward him and tried not to panic."
He said Deguilmo’s arm looked “pretty bad. It was pretty bloody. It was deep.”
"He told us that he hit it when the shark was tugging at his arm," Santiago was quoted in the press as saying. "When he hit it, it let him go."
The two friends supported Deguilmo on the way back to shore keeping a lookout in case the shark returned, but they never saw it.
Deguilmo was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital and then transferred to St Francis Medical Center West.
According to his brother, Noel Deguilmo, doctors said he would recover but he might not have all the feeling in his fingers.
The size and type of shark was not established.
Sources: The Honolulu Advertiser
INJURED - 7 June 2006 - Coligny Beach, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US - wader attacked
A 7-year-old girl was bitten on the left foot and buttocks while wading in two feet of water at Coligny Beach, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, 7 June 2006.
Her father took her from the water to lifeguards on the beach who treated the lacerations on her foot.
Ralph Wagner, director of Shore Beach Service, told media the incident was low-key.
An ambulance was called and took the girl to Hilton Head Regional Medical Center, where she continued to receive treatment. The doctor treating the girl found a tooth embedded in her left foot. The injury was not life-threatening.
The name of the girl was not mentioned in media reports. The type and size of the shark was not established.
Sources:
The Beaufort Gazette
Her father took her from the water to lifeguards on the beach who treated the lacerations on her foot.
Ralph Wagner, director of Shore Beach Service, told media the incident was low-key.
An ambulance was called and took the girl to Hilton Head Regional Medical Center, where she continued to receive treatment. The doctor treating the girl found a tooth embedded in her left foot. The injury was not life-threatening.
The name of the girl was not mentioned in media reports. The type and size of the shark was not established.
Sources:
The Beaufort Gazette
Monday, May 29, 2006
No need for paranoia
A documentary aired on National Geographic on 25 May stated that on average there are only 75 shark attacks a year and of those only 10 are fatal. There is no reason for shark attack paranoia. Even as a surfer, the most common victim of shark attacks around the world, your chances of being bitten are super slim, tho you’ve probably got less chance of winning the lottery.
There is a lot of hype surrounding shark attacks. They’re gory, bloody, sudden and unexpected. It’s the contrast of a wild, beastly attack on a person when they least expect it, when they are having fun in the sea. It always makes the news. And people love to read about them.
In the documentary “Naked Science - Shark Attack” the say that many attacks could be avoided if we had a better understanding of shark physiology and psychology. They say humans are not their preferred meal. mmmm that's food for thought for surfers!
There is a lot of hype surrounding shark attacks. They’re gory, bloody, sudden and unexpected. It’s the contrast of a wild, beastly attack on a person when they least expect it, when they are having fun in the sea. It always makes the news. And people love to read about them.
In the documentary “Naked Science - Shark Attack” the say that many attacks could be avoided if we had a better understanding of shark physiology and psychology. They say humans are not their preferred meal. mmmm that's food for thought for surfers!
Monday, May 22, 2006
INJURED - 21 May 2006 - Boa Viagem beach, Recife, Brazil - surfer attacked
Antonio Carvalho, 23, suffered injuries to his left calf and foot following a shark attack while surfing off Boa Viagem beach, Recife, Brazil. His life was not in danger, according to reports.
There was no mention of the type or size of the shark.
The report said shark attacks are common around Recife. According to media Carvalho was the 48th person to suffer a shark attack in Brazil’s Pernambuco state since 1992. Seventeen of those attacks were fatal.
Sources:
EITB 24
There was no mention of the type or size of the shark.
The report said shark attacks are common around Recife. According to media Carvalho was the 48th person to suffer a shark attack in Brazil’s Pernambuco state since 1992. Seventeen of those attacks were fatal.
Sources:
EITB 24
Sunday, April 23, 2006
INJURED - 21 April 2006 - Sebastian Inlet, Florida, United States - surfer attacked
Surfer and author Davis Bunn was bitten on the feet while surfing at Sebastian Inlet, Florida, US on Saturday 21 April.
The brief report in Local 6 News said he received 100 stitches.
Bunn was quoted as saying: “Paddling out from a wave, I got hit from behind and never saw it. (There was) no warning, nothing."
No other details were available at the time of this blog.
Sources:
Local 6 News
The brief report in Local 6 News said he received 100 stitches.
Bunn was quoted as saying: “Paddling out from a wave, I got hit from behind and never saw it. (There was) no warning, nothing."
No other details were available at the time of this blog.
Sources:
Local 6 News
Monday, April 17, 2006
INJURED - 11 April 2006 - Cowrie Hole, New South Wales, Australia - surfer attacked
Surfer Luke Egan, 15, was bitten on the left foot while paddling his board in white water at the Cowrie Hole surf spot near Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia at 1.30pm on 11 April.
His injuries were minor. Surgeons had to remove a tooth from his big toe.
The size and type of shark were not known.
Luke told the press from his hospital bed: "I could feel my foot inside its mouth, his whole mouth was around my foot, and I just knew it was some sort of shark.
“Then I hit it and it let go and I didn't see anything."
Luke paddled the 40 metres back to shore thinking the shark would return. He made it to shore and hailed a lifeguard who applied pressure bandages while they waited for an ambulance.
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
His injuries were minor. Surgeons had to remove a tooth from his big toe.
The size and type of shark were not known.
Luke told the press from his hospital bed: "I could feel my foot inside its mouth, his whole mouth was around my foot, and I just knew it was some sort of shark.
“Then I hit it and it let go and I didn't see anything."
Luke paddled the 40 metres back to shore thinking the shark would return. He made it to shore and hailed a lifeguard who applied pressure bandages while they waited for an ambulance.
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
INJURED - 3 April 2006 - Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida, USA - swimmer attacked
An 11-year-old boy (name withheld) was bitten on the right hand and thigh after he reportedly dived into a school of fish at Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida, on Monday 3 April.
He was being treated at Marco Urgent Care, according to media.
No other details were available at the time of publishing this blog.
Sources:
Naples News
He was being treated at Marco Urgent Care, according to media.
No other details were available at the time of publishing this blog.
Sources:
Naples News
Sunday, March 26, 2006
INJURED - 23 March 2006 - Leftovers, Oahu, Hawaii, - surfer attacked
Liz Dunn, 28, suffered minor injuries after being bitten on the left calf while surfing at a spot called Leftovers, about one mile south of Waimea Bay on Oahu, Hawaii, around 11.40am on Thursday 23 March.
Done had caught a wave, which she described as one of the best in her life, a long ride which took her into the channel. The channel was muddy and murky because of run-off from recent heavy rains.
While paddling back out she felt a bump on her board. “I thought it was a rock or a turtle,” she said. Then she felt the bite on her calf.
"The bite was almost not the scariest part - it was seeing the fin," a jagged dorsal fin a foot and a half wide at its base, Dunn told media. "I knew it was a big, serious shark."
Dunn was visiting Hawaii from Vancouver, Canada.
Hawaii’s Star Bulletin quoted National Marine Fisheries Service biologist John Naughton as saying: "People are absolutely crazy to be surfing in these conditions."
"I'm almost surprised it hasn't happened earlier with all the debris and mud in the water.”
The gray shark kept circling her, with the large fin above, then below the water, and Dunn feared the worst.
"It felt like it took a taster bite," she said.
The bite left three puncture wounds near her shin. The largest was 2 1/2 inches wide and went to the bone.
Two local men with whom she was surfing heard her screams and rushed to her aid.
They pulled her to shore on her 7-foot board and later washed her wounds at a private home with soap and water, and wrapped it in paper towels and blue packing tape.
Dunn thinks her wet suit protected her leg and might have prevented a serious bite.
Her boyfriend, Chris Smith, drove her to Kahuku Hospital, where she received a tetanus shot and intravenous antibiotics and her leg was bandaged.
Sources:
Star Bulletin
Done had caught a wave, which she described as one of the best in her life, a long ride which took her into the channel. The channel was muddy and murky because of run-off from recent heavy rains.
While paddling back out she felt a bump on her board. “I thought it was a rock or a turtle,” she said. Then she felt the bite on her calf.
"The bite was almost not the scariest part - it was seeing the fin," a jagged dorsal fin a foot and a half wide at its base, Dunn told media. "I knew it was a big, serious shark."
Dunn was visiting Hawaii from Vancouver, Canada.
Hawaii’s Star Bulletin quoted National Marine Fisheries Service biologist John Naughton as saying: "People are absolutely crazy to be surfing in these conditions."
"I'm almost surprised it hasn't happened earlier with all the debris and mud in the water.”
The gray shark kept circling her, with the large fin above, then below the water, and Dunn feared the worst.
"It felt like it took a taster bite," she said.
The bite left three puncture wounds near her shin. The largest was 2 1/2 inches wide and went to the bone.
Two local men with whom she was surfing heard her screams and rushed to her aid.
They pulled her to shore on her 7-foot board and later washed her wounds at a private home with soap and water, and wrapped it in paper towels and blue packing tape.
Dunn thinks her wet suit protected her leg and might have prevented a serious bite.
Her boyfriend, Chris Smith, drove her to Kahuku Hospital, where she received a tetanus shot and intravenous antibiotics and her leg was bandaged.
Sources:
Star Bulletin
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
INJURED - 18 March 2006 - Sigatoka River mouth, Fiji - surfer attacked
Surfer, Paul Chong Sue, 21, was bitten on the arm while padding out to catch a wave at Sigatoka River mouth, Fiji, at about 6pm local time on Saturday 18 March.
Fellow surfer, Ratu Naiqama told the Fiji Times: "The shark came from below his board and bit his right arm,
"It tried to pull him under but Paul fought back and managed to free his arm from the sharks grip."
After he freed his arm from the shark he called to the other surfers. There were around 15 surfers in the water at the time and they came to his aid.
There were about 15 of us out at sea with him. We all surrounded him and started making our way back to the beach,
"After the attack, the shark kept circling the area. Even though we thought that it was going to strike again, we did not pay much attention because we were rushing to get Paul onto the beach," Naiqama said.
An Australian nurse, who was also there to surf, was on the beach at the time and help treat the wound before Chong Sue was taken to Lautoka Hospital.
He was expected to make a full recovery.
Sources
Fiji Times
Fellow surfer, Ratu Naiqama told the Fiji Times: "The shark came from below his board and bit his right arm,
"It tried to pull him under but Paul fought back and managed to free his arm from the sharks grip."
After he freed his arm from the shark he called to the other surfers. There were around 15 surfers in the water at the time and they came to his aid.
There were about 15 of us out at sea with him. We all surrounded him and started making our way back to the beach,
"After the attack, the shark kept circling the area. Even though we thought that it was going to strike again, we did not pay much attention because we were rushing to get Paul onto the beach," Naiqama said.
An Australian nurse, who was also there to surf, was on the beach at the time and help treat the wound before Chong Sue was taken to Lautoka Hospital.
He was expected to make a full recovery.
Sources
Fiji Times
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
INJURED - 27 February 2006 - Big Beach, Maui, Hawaii - swimmer attacked
Nicolette Raleigh, 15, was bitten on the right calf in two foot of water by an eight-foot grey shark. She was standing in the water off Big Beach, Maui, Hawaii on 27 February with her boyfriend Shane Wilds. They were celebrating his 17th birthday. Shane was knocked down by the shark as it came in for the attack and latched on to Nicolette’s leg.
Media report that another friend, Jessy Larson, pulled her to safety and Nicolette was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where surgery was performed to fix a 10-inch long gash on her calf.
"I just started screaming. I was like, 'Get him off me.' Then I kicked him with my foot," Raleigh told reporters.
"Everything got pretty messed up. My muscles are all torn and everything, but I got really lucky, because the only thing that happened was I'm missing part of my nerve."
She said: "We kind of joked about it 15 minutes before [going in the water], like, 'Don't get bitten by a shark!' And we're like, 'Yeah, yeah.' "
"And then, lucky me!"
Sources:
CBS News
Media report that another friend, Jessy Larson, pulled her to safety and Nicolette was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where surgery was performed to fix a 10-inch long gash on her calf.
"I just started screaming. I was like, 'Get him off me.' Then I kicked him with my foot," Raleigh told reporters.
"Everything got pretty messed up. My muscles are all torn and everything, but I got really lucky, because the only thing that happened was I'm missing part of my nerve."
She said: "We kind of joked about it 15 minutes before [going in the water], like, 'Don't get bitten by a shark!' And we're like, 'Yeah, yeah.' "
"And then, lucky me!"
Sources:
CBS News
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