Rohina Bhandari, of Indian descent perhaps, but every bit an American. A great loss ...
Posted on 12/03/2017 7:59:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
A New York financier has been killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica, the country's Environment Ministry announced.
Rohina Bhandari, 49, a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, was identified by friends as the American tourist who was fatally attacked last Thursday.
She was dragged from the Pacific Ocean after sustaining severe bites to her legs but could not be saved. Her 26-year-old diving instructor was also badly injured.
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I try hard to stick to swimming pools, where I know I am the largest predator in the water.
I’m with you. If I want to experience ocean life I’ll go to an aquarium.
A sad story. The saddest thing is that she was apparently not married and was childless. But she had a job in investment banking, made lots of money, led an exciting NYC lifestyle and took exotic vacations. A new age American ....
Big money, middle age while chasing after waning youth by engaging in dangerous sports seem to be a thing. I’ll stick with the safer cheap thrills.
I’ve been up in one of the banner towing aircraft flying over Daytona, Ponce Inlet, and New Syria beaches. You wouldn’t believe but there were thousands of sharks, many swimming right among the bathers. My family doesn’t swim in the ocean anymore.
I’ve been up in one of the banner towing aircraft flying over Daytona, Ponce Inlet, and New Syria beaches. You wouldn’t believe but there were thousands of sharks, many swimming right among the bathers. My family doesn’t swim in the ocean anymore.
Correct. The best shark repellant is dry land. Don’t go into the ocean! Ever!
Syria = Smyna
I’ve been diving for 22 years. Overall, the shark population is in serious decline. Other than the occasional nurse sharks sitting on the bottom I literally have not seen a shark in years — and I take 1 or 2 weeks to go diving each year. When I first began diving in the mid-90’s I saw at least 1 shark any time I left the dive boat.
That said, there are still places that people go to interact with sharks. The Bahamas are popular. Certain coastal areas of central & south America still see bull sharks.
This dive operation is featuring diving with sharks and it should be noted that these are pretty remote islands and it’s very expensive to dive there.
Sharks still congregate in surf zones and they are hunting there. This is why shark attack stats are skewed toward popular bathing beaches and surfing points. But go out a little further to the fringing reefs and you’ll see very few.
I love the beach but not the ocean
You are an idiot.
I don’t love Indians but I don’t find anything funny about this woman being attacked by a shark.
Stuart, FL hanging at the sandbar hundreds of people drinking, swimming. Decided to cast out, caught a 2ft hammer head. Everyone took pictures but continued to swim, drink. LOL
I’m from FL. Hey don’t swim in the ocean.
It’s a stereotyping joke that some will find funny and others wont. ( I am not going to say if I laughed or not !)
If the joke didnt involve someone’s death, more people might have been inclined to laugh - maybe a little. But making light of someone’s death (black humor) is not funny to a lot of people, perhaps a majority of people.
She was my colleague.
She was my colleague.
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