Posted on 07/16/2013 1:08:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
A teenage girl from France was killed in a shark attack while swimming off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, the fifth person to be killed by sharks on the island since 2011.
Local officials said the 15-year-old was attacked in the mid-afternoon while swimming just five metres from shore in the shallows of Saint-Paul bay on the western side of the island.
The teenager's body was sliced in two at the torso, and then "a part of her body was taken away by the shark", said Gina Hoarau, the head of public safety on the island.
The girl, who was named only as "Sarah" by French media, was swimming with another girl her age when the attack - just metres from a popular restaurant - happened.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I stick to about knee deep. Being Irish, the beach isn’t the ideal place for me anyway.
I remember in the summer of 2001 shark attack stories were constant, especially in FL but CA too. There was an expressed and tangible sentiment emanating from the leftist media that it was our fault for swimming in their waters and we shouldn’t blame the sharks. After that summer 9/11 happened and the same media blamed the USA and not the terrorists for murdering over 3,000 Americans.
At least she couldn’t have lived too long which would be the only good side of the event...
If i were you, i would live in Lebanon, Kansas, the geographic center of the United States. :-)
I've been afraid of the ocean since I found out where New York City dumps its sewage. I couldn't find the annual statistics, but a lot more probably die from infections contracted while swimming than die because of shark attacks.
Well, if the photo at the link is the spot where this happened, he’s knee-deep and about 5 meters from shore. lol.
It’s a file photo, so probably inaccurate.
Wonderful. We go to Avalon for beach vacations.
Land Shark!
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/09/the-50-best-saturday-night-live-skits/land-shark
That kept me out of the ocean for quite a while.
LOL, I saw the pic. Only knee deep and crystal clear. I’m going with inaccurate as well.
That’s horrific.
Is this that shark?
No ma’am...just a dolphin.
Lol!
Dolphin; oh, that’s okay.
Candygram.
LOLMAO! What a classic.
Yep, back when SNL was actually funny.
Lol. I loved that SNL skit!
knock knock knock................flower delivery
we did not order flowers
knock knock knock................ candy gram
we did not order candy
knock knock knock............... Don West here
creepy ass cracka
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