Apr 25, 2008 11:37 am US/Pacific
List: Recent Fatal Shark Attacks In The U.S.
(AP)
A look at recent fatal shark attacks in the United States:
• Jamie Marie Daigle, 14, killed June 25, 2005, by a bull shark while swimming off a beach in Destin, Fla.
• Randy Fry, 50, killed Aug. 15, 2004, by a great white shark while diving off the coast of Mendocino, Calif.
• Willis McInnis, 57, killed April 7, 2004, by a tiger shark while surfing off the coast in Maui, Hawaii.
• Deborah Franzman, 50, killed Aug. 19, 2004, by a great white shark while swimming off Avila Beach, Calif.
• Eric Reichardt, 42, drowned Sept. 16, 2001, in a suspected shark attack off Pompano Beach, Fla.
• Sergei Zaloukaev, 28, killed Sept. 3, 2001, off the coast of
Avon, N.C.
• David Peltier, 10, died after a Sept. 1, 2001, attack while surfing at Sandbridge Beach, Va.
• Thadeus Kubinski, 69, killed Aug. 30, 2000, by a bull shark while swimming in Boca Ciega Bay in Florida.
• James Tellasmon, 9, killed Nov. 21, 1998, by a tiger shark while swimming off of Vero Beach, Fla.
• William Covert, 25, killed Sept. 13, 1995, while diving off
Alligator Reef in the Florida Keys.
• James Robinson, 42, killed Dec. 9, 1994, in a great white shark attack while diving off San Miguel Island, Calif.
• Michelle von Emster, 25, killed April 16, 1994, by a great white shark while swimming off Point Loma near San Diego, Calif.
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