Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Attack

1948 Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico, Texas, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1948

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico, Texas, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. Womack was injured when plane went down, 3 days later he fell off liferaft & was taken by a shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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