Shark Attacks and Shark Attack Related Incidents News Articles on Shark Bites

Kid makes miraculous recovery after very nearly losing arm By Christi Myers ABC13 Eyewitness News, Texas - 29 minutes ago: (5/20/05 - FREEPORT, TX) — We have the extraordinary story of a young Freeport boy who was attacked by a shark. It's amazing because the boy fought off his attacker and quick t...

Shark bites Big Island man Thursday, July 22, 1999 By Star-Bulletin Staff A 43-year-old Big Island man was bitten by a shark yesterday off waters near Honolii Bridge near Hilo. Battalion Chief Lloyd Nari- matsu of the Hawaii County Fire Department said firefighters responded to an alarm at 10:28 a.m...

Shark attacks man swimming with dolphins August 1, 1999 By MARIKA LYNCH Herald Staff Writer Michael Knowles came to the Keys to hunt lobster. He'll return home to Tampa with quite a fish tale, and the wounds to back his story. The avid diver says a seven-foot bull shark bit him near the Middle Keys ...

Beach reopens after shark attack October 7, 1999 A 16-year-old Kona youth who was attacked by a shark Friday evening has been transferred to Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu where doctors were reported to be fighting to save his arm. The boy was surfing off Old Kona Airport State Park when he was ...

Beaches between Umzumbe and St Michael's were closed on Sunday after the attack on surfer Sean Grenfell, 35, who is recovering in hospital from several lacerations to his lower legs. Shark scare beaches open again November 16 1999 at 11:07PM All the beaches on the South Coast are open again followin...

Another shark attack closes Big Island shoreline Another shark attack closes Big Island shoreline. A shark 6 to 8 feet long bit a mainland visitor who was swimming off Kona By Gary Kubota Star-Bulletin Wednesday, November 24, 1999 About a mile of shoreline fronting the Kona Village Resort and the Fo...

Shark Survivor: "I Hit Back" First Attack In Alabama Waters In 25 Years Two Men Hurt; One Loses An Arm June 10, 2000 GULF SHORES, Ala. (CBS) One of the men bitten by a shark at one of the Gulf Coast's most popular beaches says he survived by holding the shark's nose and hitting it, as it p...

Sharks attack two young women off Florida beach Monday, July 3, 2000 NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Sharks attacked and injured two young women in separate incidents in the waters off New Smyrna beach just south of Daytona Beach, Florida, officials said Monday. Danielle Shidemantle, 19, of Lake ...

Shark Attacks Girl Off Outer Banks The Associated Press Friday, July 7, 2000; 10:53 p.m. EDT PINE ISLAND, N.C. –– A girl vacationing with her family on the Outer Banks was attacked by a shark in shallow water, leaving her with a 9-inch crescent-shaped gash that required more than 300 stitches. &qu...

Man Bitten Twice by Shark Off Ormand Beach Monday, July 10, 2000 ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA- An unusually aggressive shark attacked a Holly Hill man swimming north of the Neptune Road beach approach Sunday, the Beach Patrol said. Anthony Zent, 41, was in the water just after 6 p.m. when he was bitten twi...

Shark attacks man off Maui By Christie Wilson, Neighbor Island Editor The Associated Press Wednesday, August 16, 2000 KANAHA, Maui — A visitor from France was critically injured in a shark attack on Maui’s most popular windsurfing beach yesterday. Jean Alain Goenvec, 53, of Marseilles, was windsur...

Aug 31, 2000 - 07:38 PM Swimmer bled to death Yoli Pate was floating on a raft in her backyard swimming pool in St. Pete Beach when she heard horrifying screams from her next-door neighbor's wife. ``She was screaming for five to 10 minutes,'' said a shaken Pate. ``The screams were very eerie; very s...

Shark bite victim is ninth in county for 2000 By MARK I. JOHNSON (mark.johnson@news-jrnl.com) Staff Writer NEW SMYRNA BEACH - An Atlanta visitor became Volusia County's ninth shark bite victim late Friday morning. Terrill Crane, 40, said he was walking in about 3 feet of water in front of the Coconu...

Small shark attack pushes this year's total to 10 By MICHAEL GIUSTI (michael.giusti@news-jrnl.com) Staff Writer DAYTONA BEACH SHORES - A small shark bit a swimmer Monday, the 10th such attack along Volusia County's beach this year. Jason Armstrong, 25, St. Petersburg, was in waist-deep water at 1:20...

Sep.16.2000 Shark Bites Off Arm, Legs, Kills Miyako Surfer A shark attacked and killed a 31-year old surfer off Sunayama Beach in Miyako Island, Saturday. The fatal attack occurred only 30 meters from the beach. The manÂ’s friend who watched the attack from the shore said that the victim suddenly di...