An American woman was killed after being attacked by a shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas.
Police have not yet formally identified the victim but she has been identified by her employer, Pennsylvania’s Gannon University, as Caroline DiPlacido, 58.
She was in the water with several relatives when the bull shark attacked on the afternoon of September 6.
Despite her family’s efforts, police said at a press conference that DiPlacido sustained severe injuries to the left side of her body and showed no signs of life, Today reported.
They described her as a “powerful presence of kindness and friendship to colleagues, students, and the wider community and cherished many family ties to Gannon,” the chaplain of the university told local news outlet Erie Times News. “The news is devastating, and she will be missed.”
DiPlacido had been in the Bahamas for less than a week after arriving on a cruise ship when the attack happened.
The last fatal shark attack in the Bahamas occurred in 2019, when 21-year-old Jordan Lindsey from California was attacked by tiger sharks who ripped off an arm and a leg.