Non-fatal Diving Attack

1989 Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ Late afternoon

📍 Location

Between Wrightsville Beach & Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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