Thursday, February 4, 2010

Sharks ate a Kiteboarder

FLA. KITEBOARDER KILLED BY SHARKS

THE GIST:

**A kiteboarder was attacked by several sharks and died from his injuries.
**A lifeguard paddled out to the man and found him bleeding and surrounded.
**One researcher suspects great white sharks may have attacked the man.

Sharks killed a kiteboarder off South Florida's Atlantic coast in the state's first deadly shark attack in five years, authorities said.

A lifeguard spotted Stephen Howard Schafer, 38, in distress about 500 yards off the beach Wednesday. When he paddled out, he found Schafer bleeding and surrounded by several sharks. Schafer was taken to a hospital and died a short time later, according to Rhonda Irons, public information officer for the Martin County Sheriff's Office.


The original article here.

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