Great white shark decapitates diver

The first fatal shark attack of the year occurred off the coast of Mexico early this month, as a 19-foot-long great white shark decapitated a diver harvesting shellfish. The horrific incident took place on Jan. 5 while Manuel Lopez, 53, was collecting an ax tripe – a type of mollusk – off Benito Juárez, Sonora on Mexico’s west coast. A diver from the town of Paredón Colorado was reported to have dived to the ocean …

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Teen Girl Punches Shark In The Face And Survives Attack

17-year-old describes terrifying moment a shark attacked her – WBAL TV Baltimore Addison Bethea, 17, was hunting for scallops in the waters off Keaton Beach, Florida, when a shark latched onto her flesh. She screamed for help, and her brother Rhett Willingham heeded the call. Her brother pulled her into another boat and applied a tourniquet to her leg to stem the blood loss. She needed to undergo emergency surgery in order to restore the …

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