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.
American woman, 44, had married her husband the day before attack near five-star Bahamas resort
A newlywed on her honeymoon in The Bahamas was killed by a large shark while paddleboarding in the water near the five-star resort where she was staying.