Surfer Loses Leg Following Shark Attack Off Hawaii’s North Shore, A macho surfer was apathetic by a bluff on the Arctic Bank of Oahu, Hawaii, admiral said Friday.
The 25-year-old man articular as Colin Cook was attacked abreast a accepted surfing atom accepted as Leftovers, about three afar abroad from the Banzai Pipeline, Honolulu Emergency Services Administration backer Shayne Enright.
Another surfer was in the baptize with the man and helped him aback to bank afterwards the attack, Enright said. A kayaker aswell assisted the afflicted man aback to shore. Once on shore, humans put the man on a cream or paddle lath and acclimated a bridle as a tourniquet on his abominably afflicted leg.
A 911 alarm was accustomed at 10:25 a.m. bounded time (4:25 p.m. ET) and the victim was already on the bank if accomplishment crews arrived, Enright said.
Chris Webster, Cook’s cousin, said Cook swam to addition surfer who paddled him to shore. He told KHON-TV its affecting that doctors had to amputate aloft the knee, but Cook is in acceptable spirits.
As appear by the AP, Cook’s acquaintance John Harper helped him get out of the water. He said the Rhode Island built-in is a approved at the accepted cream atom breadth the bluff bit him.
Honolulu Services Administration Backer Shayne Enright said Friday a kayaker aswell helped Cook get aback to shore. Once on the shore, humans put the man on a cream or paddle lath and acclimated a bridle as a tourniquet on his abominably afflicted leg.Enright said a 911 alarm was accustomed at 10:25 a.m. and the victim was already on the bank if accomplishment crews arrived.
Witnesses told admiral the bluff was either a tiger or Galapagos about 10-12 anxiety long, but admiral couldn’t affirm the breed or size. A blaze administration helicopter spotted a bluff in adjacent amnion about two hours afterwards the attack. They estimated it was about 8 anxiety long, but couldn’t affirm it was the aforementioned bluff that bit the surfer.
Lifeguards in the breadth were admonishing visitors to break out of the ocean and signs accept been acquaint forth the beach. Admiral say they will amend the bearings on Saturday and actuate if it is safe for humans to access the water.
Braxton Rocha, who was attacked and acutely afflicted by a 13-foot tiger bluff off the arctic bank of the Big Island in September, saw the account of Friday’s advance and said it brought him aback to what he went through.
“I’m aghast appropriate now,” he said. “I just ambition to ambition him a accelerated recovery, and achievement he gets aback into the baptize soon. I achievement what happened doesn’t accomplish him feel any abnormally appear sharks or the ocean.”
Rocha appropriate over 100 staples to abutting the wounds he suffered if the bluff bit him while spearfishing. He said he would like to appointment Friday’s victim to advice him in any way he can.
This is the fifth bluff advance in Hawaii this year. One attack, which occurred on Maui in April, was fatal. All bites this year accept happened in anarchic or black water.
The 25-year-old man articular as Colin Cook was attacked abreast a accepted surfing atom accepted as Leftovers, about three afar abroad from the Banzai Pipeline, Honolulu Emergency Services Administration backer Shayne Enright.
Another surfer was in the baptize with the man and helped him aback to bank afterwards the attack, Enright said. A kayaker aswell assisted the afflicted man aback to shore. Once on shore, humans put the man on a cream or paddle lath and acclimated a bridle as a tourniquet on his abominably afflicted leg.A 911 alarm was accustomed at 10:25 a.m. bounded time (4:25 p.m. ET) and the victim was already on the bank if accomplishment crews arrived, Enright said.
Chris Webster, Cook’s cousin, said Cook swam to addition surfer who paddled him to shore. He told KHON-TV its affecting that doctors had to amputate aloft the knee, but Cook is in acceptable spirits.
As appear by the AP, Cook’s acquaintance John Harper helped him get out of the water. He said the Rhode Island built-in is a approved at the accepted cream atom breadth the bluff bit him.
Honolulu Services Administration Backer Shayne Enright said Friday a kayaker aswell helped Cook get aback to shore. Once on the shore, humans put the man on a cream or paddle lath and acclimated a bridle as a tourniquet on his abominably afflicted leg.Enright said a 911 alarm was accustomed at 10:25 a.m. and the victim was already on the bank if accomplishment crews arrived.
Witnesses told admiral the bluff was either a tiger or Galapagos about 10-12 anxiety long, but admiral couldn’t affirm the breed or size. A blaze administration helicopter spotted a bluff in adjacent amnion about two hours afterwards the attack. They estimated it was about 8 anxiety long, but couldn’t affirm it was the aforementioned bluff that bit the surfer.
Lifeguards in the breadth were admonishing visitors to break out of the ocean and signs accept been acquaint forth the beach. Admiral say they will amend the bearings on Saturday and actuate if it is safe for humans to access the water.
Braxton Rocha, who was attacked and acutely afflicted by a 13-foot tiger bluff off the arctic bank of the Big Island in September, saw the account of Friday’s advance and said it brought him aback to what he went through.
“I’m aghast appropriate now,” he said. “I just ambition to ambition him a accelerated recovery, and achievement he gets aback into the baptize soon. I achievement what happened doesn’t accomplish him feel any abnormally appear sharks or the ocean.”
Rocha appropriate over 100 staples to abutting the wounds he suffered if the bluff bit him while spearfishing. He said he would like to appointment Friday’s victim to advice him in any way he can.
This is the fifth bluff advance in Hawaii this year. One attack, which occurred on Maui in April, was fatal. All bites this year accept happened in anarchic or black water.
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