Thrilling attempt by paramedics to revive a patient A 58-year-old Pennsylvania woman was brutally bitten by a bull shark while snorkeling with her husband and children in the Bahamas.
A 58-year-old wife and mother was killed by a bull shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas with her husband and children.
The family was on a day trip from the cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, which had moored at the island.
The woman, whose identity is unknown, sustained damage to her “upper extremities.”
The assault occurred near the location where a Southern California college student, age 21, was attacked and killed by three sharks in 2019.
It’s the second shark attack in a month in the Bahamas; in August, an 8-year-old visitor was attacked by a group of nurse sharks but survived.
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According to police, a shark attacked and killed a cruise ship guest who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday.
The incident included a 58-year-old Pennsylvanian mother and wife. Her identify is unknown to the public.
The attack occurred while she was with her husband, daughter, and son, according to Eyewitness News in the Bahamas.
The incident occurred at a popular snorkeling location near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, according to police spokesman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings.
She stated, “This is unfortunate.” The beach where the woman was slain has been permanently closed by authorities.
The woman’s family identified it as a bull shark, according to Skippings. As the woman was taken back to the shore, local media broadcast footage of the victim’s relatives inconsolable with grief.
According to Eyewitness News, the woman was attacked with five to seven other passengers shortly before 2:00 p.m.
According to Skippings, the woman sustained injuries to her ‘upper extremities’
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The tragic moments as rescue professionals attempted to save the woman’s life were captured by the local news media.
The victim, according to authorities, sustained injuries to her “upper extremities.”
With the exception of bull sharks and tiger sharks, most shark species in the Bahamas do not pay attention to humans.
The tour operators were able to bring the woman back onto the boat; she was then transported back to safety.
Prior to her arrival at a local hospital, she was sadly proclaimed deceased.
Royal Caribbean International stated in a statement to the Associated Press that the individual died after arriving at a local hospital for treatment and that the business is assisting the individual’s family members.
They reported that the passenger was partaking in an independent shore excursion in Nassau and had been traveling aboard Harmony of the Seas, which departed Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday for a seven-night voyage.
Finley Downer, age 8, and his family were visiting the protected port Compass Cay in The Bahamas in August when the awful attack occurred.
Later in the vacation, Downer’s father said, his daughters observed a shiver of sharks swimming in a neighboring lagoon with a swarm of tourists and rushed over to investigate, ignorant that the sharks were feasting on scraps being given to them.
This is the second shark attack within a month.
In August, a British teenager vacationing with his family in the Caribbean was attacked by three sharks when visitors “began throwing their food into the water.”
Finley Downer, age 8, and his family were in The Bahamas last week on a trip to the protected port Compass Cay when the awful attack occurred.
According to Downer’s father, his son was left with “big chunks of skin hanging off both legs” in scenes reminiscent of the film Jaws.
He believes Finley only survived the horrific attack because a nurse was among the tourists who stopped the bleeding, and because he was able to pay for a private plane to get the child to the hospital for life-saving surgery.
The bulk of shark attacks in the Caribbean have happened in the Bahamas, where one fatal attack was reported in 2019.
Jordan Lindsay was brutally murdered in 2019 when her right arm was severed and she was bitten on her left arm, both legs, and buttocks. Police believe three sharks were involved.
Jordan Lindsay, a 21-year-old college student from Southern California, was attacked by three sharks while on vacation on Rose Island, just half a mile from where Tuesday’s attack occurred.
Lindsay was similarly slain while swimming with her family, as was the case on Tuesday.
In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported for the first time in the French Caribbean territory of Saint Martin.
Since 1749, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas, followed by 13 incidents in Cuba, including one in 2019, according to the International Shark Attack File based in Florida.
Since 1749, at least 32 shark attacks have been documented in the Bahamas.
The spot where the woman was attacked and died on September 6 has been permanently restricted to swimming, according to officials.
Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, stated in a phone interview that the high number of assaults in the Bahamas is likely related to the presence of a rich marine ecosystem and a large number of people in the water.
The majority of shark species in the Bahamas do not pay attention to humans, with the exception of bull sharks and tiger sharks.
Heithaus explained that sharks have extraordinary sensory systems that allow them to be drawn to food, sounds, and odors in the water, and that they grow to be quite huge and consume large animals.
Overall, however, shark attacks remain uncommon, he emphasized.
Last year, according to the International Shark Attack File, there were 137 shark attacks worldwide, 73 of which were unprovoked.