Shark attacks: How safe are you in the water?
Two fatal incidents in as many weeks have put holidaymakers on edge
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Two fatal incidents in as many weeks have put holidaymakers on edge
Cooling off in the turquoise waters of a tropical resort feels rather less appealing this Christmas in the wake of two fatal shark attacks in as many weeks. Newlywed Lauren Erickson Van Wart, 44, from Massachusetts, was killed while paddleboarding with her husband off the coast of Nassau on Monday, while in Mexico, a 26-year-old mother lost her life to a bull shark while swimming with her daughter, five, off Melaque Bay, Cihuatlán.
The victim was spearfishing in waters off Peak Island, about 50km from Exmouth, along the North West Cape in Australia when he was attacked by what is believed to have been a lemon shark
Felix Louis N’Jai, 52, disappeared beneath the waves shortly after a shark was spotted in California. He was out surfing with his friends including a man who had got married the day before
Mark Summerset needed 18 stitches after being bitten while surfing at New Smyrna Beach in Florida, considered by many to be the shark bite capital of the world.