Fatal Fishing Attack

1953 Maile Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ 09h15

📍 Location

Maile Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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