A 13-year-old boy received two deep gashes to his ankle from a shark bite while wading in thigh-deep water at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US, on Friday afternoon 21 March 2008.
The boy, whose name was not reported, was treated on the beach by beach patrol officials and then taken to hospital for stitches.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
WESH
Tampabays10
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
FATAL – 24 February 2008 – Bahamas (update from Florida attack report) – diver attacked
New reports clarify the report of a diver who was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital on Sunday 24 February 2008, after being bitten by a shark. The updated reports say he was bitten on the leg while diving off the Bahamas and died of his wounds.
Markus Groh, 49, an Austrian lawyer on vacation, was doing an open water shark diving trip organised by Scuba Adventures off the Bahamas in the Caribbean. He was reportedly bitten on the leg during the dive. He was airlifted from the diving boat Shearwater to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida where he was pronounced dead on Monday 25 February.
There was not report detailing the extent of his injuries.
It was unclear what type of shark was involved in the attack.
The Deeper Blue website reports that the Shearwater was owned and operated by Jim Abernethy a pioneer of open water diving with sharks with more than 35 years of experience diving with sharks. This was apparently the “first reported fatality resulting from an incident between a shark and a scuba diver during a commercially organised shark diving expedition”.
Sources:
Deeper Blue
Associated Press
Markus Groh, 49, an Austrian lawyer on vacation, was doing an open water shark diving trip organised by Scuba Adventures off the Bahamas in the Caribbean. He was reportedly bitten on the leg during the dive. He was airlifted from the diving boat Shearwater to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida where he was pronounced dead on Monday 25 February.
There was not report detailing the extent of his injuries.
It was unclear what type of shark was involved in the attack.
The Deeper Blue website reports that the Shearwater was owned and operated by Jim Abernethy a pioneer of open water diving with sharks with more than 35 years of experience diving with sharks. This was apparently the “first reported fatality resulting from an incident between a shark and a scuba diver during a commercially organised shark diving expedition”.
Sources:
Deeper Blue
Associated Press
Monday, February 25, 2008
FATAL – August 2005 (Inquest 25 February 2008) – Glenelg, South Australia - diver attacked
A report out of Adelaide, Australia on 25 February 2008, relates details of an inquest into the fatal shark attack on Jarrod Stehbens, 23, at Glenelg, South Australia in August 2005.
Shark Attack Monitor reported the incident in August 2005.
Stehbens was diving with Justin Rowntree. The pair was doing research for the University of Adelaide.
Rowntree told the Coroner’s Court: “I was looking at Jarrod when I felt a whack on the back which rotated me around.
“Initially I thought it was a dolphin but pretty quickly I realised it was not.”
He said Stehbens was a highly experienced diver who fought for his life against the five meter Great White shark.
“It went straight towards Jarrod, initially he whacked it directly on the snout and it seemed to go away momentarily,” Rowntree said.
“Then it came back and took his leg and dragged him under ... it happened like a flash.”
He said it would have been Stehbens’ last dive in South Australia before he went to live in Germany.
Sources:
Daily Telegraph
Shark Attack Monitor reported the incident in August 2005.
Stehbens was diving with Justin Rowntree. The pair was doing research for the University of Adelaide.
Rowntree told the Coroner’s Court: “I was looking at Jarrod when I felt a whack on the back which rotated me around.
“Initially I thought it was a dolphin but pretty quickly I realised it was not.”
He said Stehbens was a highly experienced diver who fought for his life against the five meter Great White shark.
“It went straight towards Jarrod, initially he whacked it directly on the snout and it seemed to go away momentarily,” Rowntree said.
“Then it came back and took his leg and dragged him under ... it happened like a flash.”
He said it would have been Stehbens’ last dive in South Australia before he went to live in Germany.
Sources:
Daily Telegraph
INJURED – 24 February 2008 – Deep water off Broward Country, Florida, US – diver attacked
In a brief early report from the Miami Herald and WPTV, a 50-year-old man was bitten by a shark while diving in waters off Broward County, Florida, US. The attack took place on Sunday 24 February 2008.
The unidentified man was airlifted from the commercial diving vessel, Sheer Dimensions, about 50 miles east of Fort Lauderdale. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The boat is believed to belong to a diving operator specialising in shark dives. It was not known if the victim was attacked during a shark dive.
The crew of the air rescue helicopter said they received the call around 10am, local time.
There were no details reported regarding the extent of the diver’s injuries or what type of shark it was.
Sources:
Miami Herald
WPTV
The unidentified man was airlifted from the commercial diving vessel, Sheer Dimensions, about 50 miles east of Fort Lauderdale. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The boat is believed to belong to a diving operator specialising in shark dives. It was not known if the victim was attacked during a shark dive.
The crew of the air rescue helicopter said they received the call around 10am, local time.
There were no details reported regarding the extent of the diver’s injuries or what type of shark it was.
Sources:
Miami Herald
WPTV
INJURED – 15 February 2008 – Ponce De Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, US – surfer attacked
A 25-year-old surfer (the man was not named) was bitten on the left foot while surfing about 200 metres south of Ponce de Leon Inlet's south jetty about 5pm on Friday, 15 February 2008.
A rescue official said he did have some lacerations, but nothing life-threatening. He was bandaged and drove himself to Bert Fish Medical Center.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Daytona Beach News Journal
A rescue official said he did have some lacerations, but nothing life-threatening. He was bandaged and drove himself to Bert Fish Medical Center.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Daytona Beach News Journal
Thursday, February 21, 2008
INJURED - 21 February 2008 - Tahiti - Spearfisherman attacked
A very brief report on 21 February 2008 from ITN says a Tahitian spearfisherman, Apia Hauata, 26, was bitten by a shark on the face while spearfishing in a coral lagoon. The date and place of the attack are not reported.
The report says relatives took him to a local hospital where doctors stitched up his wounds.
Dr Ronan Richard is quoted as saying Hauata had fish that he had caught all around him when the attack happened.
"He suffered considerable wounds to the face including to the jaw and lower-lip with several punctures to the skin," the doctor said, but was expected to make a full recovery.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Independent Television News
The report says relatives took him to a local hospital where doctors stitched up his wounds.
Dr Ronan Richard is quoted as saying Hauata had fish that he had caught all around him when the attack happened.
"He suffered considerable wounds to the face including to the jaw and lower-lip with several punctures to the skin," the doctor said, but was expected to make a full recovery.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Independent Television News
Photo source:
Independent Television News
Independent Television News
SCARED - 7 February 2008 - Horseshoe Bay, NSW, Australia - surfer attacked
Fiona Casey, 14, was bumped on her arm by a one metre shark while paddling out to a surf break in Horseshoe Bay, NSW, Australia. She was not injured as her wetsuit protected her from abrasions from the shark skin. However, she was reportedly shocked and received a lame arm after the incident.
The incident happened on Thursday 7 February 2008.
Fiona said she was paddling back out to the break after catching a wave when she felt something hit her arm hard.
She lashed out and hit the one-metre shark with her elbow.
She said she didn’t leave the water after the incident.
“I was scared but the waves were just too good.”
Sources:
The Macleay Argus
The incident happened on Thursday 7 February 2008.
Fiona said she was paddling back out to the break after catching a wave when she felt something hit her arm hard.
She lashed out and hit the one-metre shark with her elbow.
She said she didn’t leave the water after the incident.
“I was scared but the waves were just too good.”
Sources:
The Macleay Argus
Sunday, February 10, 2008
INJURED – 6 February 2008 – Brevard County, Florida, US – surfer attacked
A surfer, not named, was reportedly bitten on the foot by a shark while surfing near Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Florida, US. The incident occurred on Wednesday 6 February 2008.
According to witness Jon Humphrey, 33, the man refused treatment.
Humphrey, 33, told Local 6 News partner Florida Today that he and a friend paddled out about 50 to 100 feet off the beach when another surfer near them began shouting, "Shark!"
Humphrey said he looked up and the guy was "punching a shark that was on his foot."
"He got onto the beach and was holding his foot," said Humphrey, who along with his friend grabbed a T-shirt and wrapped the man's foot. He said the wound appeared to be bad enough to require stitches.
Humphrey said the shark appeared to be about 3 feet long.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Local 6.com
According to witness Jon Humphrey, 33, the man refused treatment.
Humphrey, 33, told Local 6 News partner Florida Today that he and a friend paddled out about 50 to 100 feet off the beach when another surfer near them began shouting, "Shark!"
Humphrey said he looked up and the guy was "punching a shark that was on his foot."
"He got onto the beach and was holding his foot," said Humphrey, who along with his friend grabbed a T-shirt and wrapped the man's foot. He said the wound appeared to be bad enough to require stitches.
Humphrey said the shark appeared to be about 3 feet long.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Local 6.com
Sunday, January 27, 2008
INJURED – 27 January 2008 – offshore, Coolangatta, Australia – fisherman attacked
A 20-year-old Australian fisherman suffered deep lacerations to his right calf after being bittern by a 3-metre Mako shark. The incident happened after the shark was reeled aboard a tuna boat, some 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta, Australia.
The 90kg shark whipped around and bit him on the right calf when he stepped on its tail, according to media reports.
The Sydney Morning Herald quoted a spokesman for RACQ CareFlight, which was called to airlift the man hospital, as saying: “There’s a few hands on the deck and they could not release the shark from the leg at all until they had cut the shark’s head off.”
“It was locked on. The bite has gone down to the bone.
“I've seen a photo of the wound and it's pretty messy.”
The man (not named) was reported in a stable condition and due to undergo emergency surgery in The Gold Coast Hospital at the time of this blog.
Paramedic Darrin Hatchman said the victim was lucky to be alive because the bite narrowly missed major blood vessels and arteries at the back of the knee.
“If it had have been a couple of millimetres either way, and a little bit more of a voracious bite, it would've been a real mercy dash to stop him from bleeding out,” Hatchman told ABC Radio.
Sources:
Sydney Morning Herald
The 90kg shark whipped around and bit him on the right calf when he stepped on its tail, according to media reports.
The Sydney Morning Herald quoted a spokesman for RACQ CareFlight, which was called to airlift the man hospital, as saying: “There’s a few hands on the deck and they could not release the shark from the leg at all until they had cut the shark’s head off.”
“It was locked on. The bite has gone down to the bone.
“I've seen a photo of the wound and it's pretty messy.”
The man (not named) was reported in a stable condition and due to undergo emergency surgery in The Gold Coast Hospital at the time of this blog.
Paramedic Darrin Hatchman said the victim was lucky to be alive because the bite narrowly missed major blood vessels and arteries at the back of the knee.
“If it had have been a couple of millimetres either way, and a little bit more of a voracious bite, it would've been a real mercy dash to stop him from bleeding out,” Hatchman told ABC Radio.
Sources:
Sydney Morning Herald
Monday, December 24, 2007
INJURED – 21 December 2007 – San Cristobal Island, Galapagos islands – surfer attacked
New Zealand’s TV3 reports that New Zealander Sam Judd, 24, was bitten on the leg while surfing at San Cristobal Island, Galapagos islands, on Friday, 21 December 2007.
The report said he managed to punch the shark away from him and two friends surfing with him dragged him to shore.
He received 23 stitches to the leg wound.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
TV3
Stuff.co.za
The report said he managed to punch the shark away from him and two friends surfing with him dragged him to shore.
He received 23 stitches to the leg wound.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
TV3
Stuff.co.za
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
SCARED – 9 December 2007 – Meatworks, Kaikoura, New Zealand – surfer attacked
Olivia Hislop was unhurt after a shark tugged on her board while she was surifing at Meatworks surfspot at Kaikoura, New Zealand. The incident happened on Sunday 9 December 2007.
She told media she felt a tug on her board and thought it was a friend fooling around. She turned around to find shark ‘half on top of her board'.
She pulled her board away and when the shark slid off it whacked her on the head with its tail.
"That's when everyone said it was quite a big one because they could see the size of its tail," the New Zealand Herald quoted her as saying.
"After it happened, I was a bit dazed and everyone was freaking out."
The shark then returned and bit through her leash and banged against her bare feet as she was about to catch a wave.
She said she wouldn’t be surfing at Meatworks for a while!
Sources:
New Zealand Herald
She told media she felt a tug on her board and thought it was a friend fooling around. She turned around to find shark ‘half on top of her board'.
She pulled her board away and when the shark slid off it whacked her on the head with its tail.
"That's when everyone said it was quite a big one because they could see the size of its tail," the New Zealand Herald quoted her as saying.
"After it happened, I was a bit dazed and everyone was freaking out."
The shark then returned and bit through her leash and banged against her bare feet as she was about to catch a wave.
She said she wouldn’t be surfing at Meatworks for a while!
Sources:
New Zealand Herald
Sunday, November 25, 2007
INJURED – 18 November 2007 – Wickham, West Australia, fisherman attacked
A man (name not reported) was bitten on the finger by a reef shark he was trying to untangle from a fishing net in a tidal creek about five kilometres from Wickham in the Pilbara region, northern Western Australia.
The incident occurred on Sunday 18 November 2007.
The man was taken to the nearby Roebourne Hospital, where he received eight stitches.
Sources:
The West Australian
The incident occurred on Sunday 18 November 2007.
The man was taken to the nearby Roebourne Hospital, where he received eight stitches.
Sources:
The West Australian
INJURED – 7 November 2007 – Strand beach, Cape Town, South Africa – surfer attacked
Andrew Smith, 14, was attacked by an unidentified shark while surfing with friends at “the Pipe” on Strand beach, False Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. The incident occurred at around 6.30pm Wednesday 7 November 2007.
The shark bit both of his feet and tried to pull him under. Andrew managed to kick free.
"I went into the water with a friend and 14 minutes later it happened. I was lying on my board when something grabbed me from behind. I kicked and the shark let go of me, but then it took my board and pulled it under the water. A little while later it popped back to the surface," he told media.
He says he saw the blue-grey coloured shark which was about two metres long and all he could think about was getting away.
"Everybody rushed to get out of the water, except this one guy who came to help me. I got onto his back and he swam back to the beach."
Gavin Bingham, a doctor who happened to be on the scene, rushed Andrew to the Vergelegen Medi-Clinic where he was treated for lacerations to his feet and lower legs and a severed tendon.
Sources:
News 24.com
The shark bit both of his feet and tried to pull him under. Andrew managed to kick free.
"I went into the water with a friend and 14 minutes later it happened. I was lying on my board when something grabbed me from behind. I kicked and the shark let go of me, but then it took my board and pulled it under the water. A little while later it popped back to the surface," he told media.
He says he saw the blue-grey coloured shark which was about two metres long and all he could think about was getting away.
"Everybody rushed to get out of the water, except this one guy who came to help me. I got onto his back and he swam back to the beach."
Gavin Bingham, a doctor who happened to be on the scene, rushed Andrew to the Vergelegen Medi-Clinic where he was treated for lacerations to his feet and lower legs and a severed tendon.
Sources:
News 24.com
INJURED – 29 October 2007 - Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii - swimmer attacked
Aaron Finley, 32, was bitten on his left leg while swimming 30 metres offshore of the beach fronting the Four Seasons Resort at Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii. The incident occurred at around 3.30pm on Monday 29 October 2007.
“It was like a hard bump,” Finley told media. He said after feeling the bump on his leg, he saw a gray body in the water below as it turned and swam away, and realised it was a shark.
“I was worried he would come back for me,” Finley said.
Not wanting to cause a scene, he said he began to swim in on his own and only yelled for help when he was about 20 metres from shore. Two men jumped in to help him.
The bite to his left leg stretched from the front of the lower leg halfway around the calf. There was another puncture wound above his left knee. The bite went deep enough to cause a chipped bone in the leg.
He was treated at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Sources:
The Maui News
“It was like a hard bump,” Finley told media. He said after feeling the bump on his leg, he saw a gray body in the water below as it turned and swam away, and realised it was a shark.
“I was worried he would come back for me,” Finley said.
Not wanting to cause a scene, he said he began to swim in on his own and only yelled for help when he was about 20 metres from shore. Two men jumped in to help him.
The bite to his left leg stretched from the front of the lower leg halfway around the calf. There was another puncture wound above his left knee. The bite went deep enough to cause a chipped bone in the leg.
He was treated at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Sources:
The Maui News
Photo source:
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
INJURED -- 15 October 2007 -- The Pass, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia -- surf skier attacked
Linda Whitehurst, 52, was attacked by a 2.5 metre Great White shark while paddling a surf ski about 150 metres from shore at The Pass, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
The attack occurred at around 11.30am on Monday 15 October 2007.
Whitehurst and her husband were paddling separate skis when the shark bit the back of her ski knocking her into the water. She punched the shark several times with her paddle until it swam away.
Her husband was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying: “[The shark] literally lifted itself in the back of Linda's boat ... and had the back of the boat in its mouth and gave it a shake.”
After the shark swam off Whitehurst managed to make it back to shore and went to Byron Bay Hospital where she received a few stitches for a small wound in her arm.
Sources:
Sydney Morning Herald
The attack occurred at around 11.30am on Monday 15 October 2007.
Whitehurst and her husband were paddling separate skis when the shark bit the back of her ski knocking her into the water. She punched the shark several times with her paddle until it swam away.
Her husband was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as saying: “[The shark] literally lifted itself in the back of Linda's boat ... and had the back of the boat in its mouth and gave it a shake.”
After the shark swam off Whitehurst managed to make it back to shore and went to Byron Bay Hospital where she received a few stitches for a small wound in her arm.
Sources:
Sydney Morning Herald
INJURED -- 13 October 2007 -- Holmes Reef, off Cairns, Australia -- spearfisher attacked
A 31-year-old man (not named) was attacked by a shark while spearfishing at Holmes Reef about 240km offshore of Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia. The incident happened just before noon on Saturday, 13 October 2007.
According to a report on News.com.au the shark attacked from behind, biting the back of the man's leg and tearing into his calf muscle.
An ambulance officer was quoted as saying: "It was a pretty deep, long tear.
"His tendons and muscles were exposed. The tear was about 30cm long."
The man was one of about 20 people on a charter boat specialising in spearfishing.
A helicopter rescue crew winched him from the boat and flew him to Cairns Base Hospital where he was reported in “good spirits”.
Helicopter pilot Chris Maehl told media "he was all bandaged up by the time we got there and was pretty stable, in good spirits considering”.
Sources:
News.com.au
According to a report on News.com.au the shark attacked from behind, biting the back of the man's leg and tearing into his calf muscle.
An ambulance officer was quoted as saying: "It was a pretty deep, long tear.
"His tendons and muscles were exposed. The tear was about 30cm long."
The man was one of about 20 people on a charter boat specialising in spearfishing.
A helicopter rescue crew winched him from the boat and flew him to Cairns Base Hospital where he was reported in “good spirits”.
Helicopter pilot Chris Maehl told media "he was all bandaged up by the time we got there and was pretty stable, in good spirits considering”.
Sources:
News.com.au
Monday, October 01, 2007
FATAL -- 30 September 2007 -- Lifou, Loyalty Islands, French New Caledonia -- swimmer attacked
A brief report out of remote Pacific archipelago French New Caledonia says a 23-year-old French woman died of her wounds after she was bitten by a shark while swimming with a friend 200 metres off a beach on Lifou island, part of the Loyalty Islands group.
“She bled to death
after suffering
a deep shark bite from knee to hip,” according to the report in the Daily Telegraph.
Her friend managed to swim ashore to ask local tribesmen for help, but they were too late.
The victim, whose name as not released, was a nurse from mainland France who had just finished a hospital contract in Noumea. She was in Lifou for a short beach holiday before flying home.
No other details were reported at the time of this blog.
“She bled to death
after sufferinga deep shark bite from knee to hip,” according to the report in the Daily Telegraph.
Her friend managed to swim ashore to ask local tribesmen for help, but they were too late.
The victim, whose name as not released, was a nurse from mainland France who had just finished a hospital contract in Noumea. She was in Lifou for a short beach holiday before flying home.
No other details were reported at the time of this blog.
Photos:
Top: A beach on Lifou island
Bottom: Lifou island from space
Sources:
PIC source:
SCARED -- 28 September 2007 -- Humbolt County, Northern California, USA -- surfer attacked
Sue Snyder (no age reported) escaped injury when a shark attacked the board she was surfing at a beach in Humbolt County, Northern California, USA. The incident occurred on Friday 28 September 2007.
Witnesses say Sue Snyder was sitting on her surfboard when a Great White shark knocked her off from behind.
According to the report she began kicking the shark, which left a 40 cm bite on her board. The shark also left teeth fragments behind.
Researchers say the shark was likely 14 to 15 feet long.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
KTVU
Witnesses say Sue Snyder was sitting on her surfboard when a Great White shark knocked her off from behind.
According to the report she began kicking the shark, which left a 40 cm bite on her board. The shark also left teeth fragments behind.
Researchers say the shark was likely 14 to 15 feet long.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
KTVU
PIC source:
KTVU
KTVU
Sunday, September 23, 2007
INJURED – 22 September 2007 – Huguenot Park, Florida, USA – surfer attacked
A very brief media report says a woman surfer (not named) suffered minor injuries when she was bitten on the foot by a shark while surfing at Huguenot Park, Florida, USA.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, 22 September 2007.
She was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Jacksonville.com
First Coast News
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, 22 September 2007.
She was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Jacksonville.com
First Coast News
Thursday, September 20, 2007
SCARED -- 16 September 2007 -- Flagler Beach, Florida, USA -- surfer attacked
Teenager Jessica Riley was surfing alone at Flagler Beach, Florida, USA when she was attacked by what is believed to be 9 foot Bull shark. She narrowly escaped injury when the shark took a huge bite out of her board.
She told Florida’s WFTV that she was lying on her board and heard a splash. She said something told her to raise her right hand out of the water just before the shark came up underneath the board, emerged from the water and bit into the board about half way down its length.
“The whole thing was like out of Jaws,” she said, “where you see the eyeballs and then they turn white and the teeth they were, like, crooked.”
“As soon as it bit the board I fell in onto the shark,” she said.
“The shark started to thrash and then I heard a popping sound and I thought ‘Oh no have a I lost a leg or an arm’?”
She realised later the popping sound was the chunk of board breaking off in the shark’s mouth.
She said it was crazy. There were so many thoughts going through her mind.
“I started to kick and kneed the shark right under its mouth. My finger found its eyeball and it went in. And as soon as I realised it was his eyeball, I shoved it in more.”
She said the shark released the board, but caught her leash as it swam off pulling her under. She undid the ankle strap, swam to the surface, scrambled back onto her board and paddled for shore.
She said she called for help, but no one heard.
She told Florida’s WFTV that she was lying on her board and heard a splash. She said something told her to raise her right hand out of the water just before the shark came up underneath the board, emerged from the water and bit into the board about half way down its length.
“The whole thing was like out of Jaws,” she said, “where you see the eyeballs and then they turn white and the teeth they were, like, crooked.”
“As soon as it bit the board I fell in onto the shark,” she said.
“The shark started to thrash and then I heard a popping sound and I thought ‘Oh no have a I lost a leg or an arm’?”
She realised later the popping sound was the chunk of board breaking off in the shark’s mouth.
She said it was crazy. There were so many thoughts going through her mind.
“I started to kick and kneed the shark right under its mouth. My finger found its eyeball and it went in. And as soon as I realised it was his eyeball, I shoved it in more.”
She said the shark released the board, but caught her leash as it swam off pulling her under. She undid the ankle strap, swam to the surface, scrambled back onto her board and paddled for shore.
She said she called for help, but no one heard.
She collected her things from the beach put her board in her truck and drove to a friend’s house. They called 911. When they came round they didn’t believe her story until they saw her board.
She said at the time of the report - three days after the attack - she had had very little sleep because she had been having nightmares about the attack.
Jessie believes someone was looking out for her as has a cross on her board and was wearing a cross that day which she doesn’t normally do.
“Someone told me to lift my arm out the water just before the shark emerged and bit the board.”
Sources:
WFTV
“Someone told me to lift my arm out the water just before the shark emerged and bit the board.”
Sources:
WFTV
The raw video interview is good.
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