Shark bite severs 61-year-old surfer’s leg below knee off Maui, Hawaii rescuers say
A 61-year-old surfer swam back to shore with help after a shark bit off his leg below the knee, Hawaii rescuers reported. The ...
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Shark bites 61-year-old Maui surfer, completely severing his leg below the knee
The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene ...
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Despite losing a part of his leg to a shark bite, Maui surfer remains 'happy, grateful'
A Maui man who lost a part of his leg to a shark bite is now out of the hospital and thanking those who saved his life and ...
Shark bites off part of surfer’s leg in attack near Maui beach, authorities say
A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach ...
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Florida surfer survives near-fatal shark attack at same beach, 12 years after first bite
This wasn't Cole Taschman's first brush with a shark. Twelve years prior, he had been bitten by a smaller shark while surfing ...
Surfer bit by shark off Hawaii coast, part of leg severed in attack
A 61-year-old man lost part of his leg in a shark attack off the coast of Hawaii Friday. According to a GoFundMe, the man is ...
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Shark bite severs 61-year-old surfer’s leg below knee off Maui, Hawaii rescuers say
The shark bite took place at Waiehu Beach Park on Maui at a surf spot known as “Sand Piles” at about 7:05 a.m. Friday, the county of Maui said in a news release. Rescuers applied tourniquets ...
Surfer, 61, loses leg below knee to shark bite, first responders say
WAIEHU, Hawaii (KHNL/Gray News) - First responders in Hawaii say a 61-year-old surfer’s leg was severed just below the knee ...
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Welcome to Bite Club: A Community for Shark Attack Survivors
The quote in the byline is by Dave Pearson, the founder of Bite Club. Pearson was attacked by a three-meter bull shark in ...
Florida man bitten twice by shark at same beach over a decade apart
Waves splashing over the reef at Bathtub Reef Beach at sunrise on Hutchinson Island, Florida. (Photo credit: Diana Robinson Photography/Getty Images) While the odds of being bitten by a shark are ...
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Surfer bit by shark off Hawaii coast, part of leg severed in attack
Sixty-nine unprovoked shark bites were reported by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File in 2023, up six over the five-year average. Two people died in the U.S. after ...