Jupiter diver in trauma center after ‘upper extremity’ injury

[Steve_C]

When you feed sharks for a living, it shouldn't come as a surprise when you get bit!

Do we know that this was a shark bite?

 

[drrich2]

When you feed sharks for a living, it shouldn't come as a surprise when you get bit!

An occupational hazard to be sure, but that's not so different from many jobs out there. If this turns out to be what happened, I hope we get a detailed account.

Richard.

 

[tekkydiver]

When you feed sharks for a living, it shouldn't come as a surprise when you get bit!

After this week he shouldn't be surprised if he gets a cancellation letter from his insurance..... that is if he has any. County should be able send this op a bill for services rendered this week.

 

[boulderjohn]

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[seeker242]

Do we know that this was a shark bite?

Unconfirmed rumor but I would bet it's true.

 

[luscioman]

Randy is out of surgery and is doing better but lost a lot of blood. I am sure the entire story will surface soon.

 

[northernone]

News article circa 2015: Jordan suggests. “When they get to see a shark interaction during a feeding, they’re usually pretty surprised that I’m able to put food out and have the shark eat it out of my hand—but not have it eat my hand,”

Reported to be a bite by some in the juniper dive community. Details not made public.

 

[DoNotDstrb]

This is a numbers game. Randy's been doing this 3 times a day on most days for a very, very long time. Others that run certain blue boats have been doing it decades...... "Incidents" are minimal.... more people are injured and/or die parasailing than hand feeding sharks..... That said, the shark feeder has to be right 100% of the time.... the shark only once. This is an occupational hazard for those that choose to earn a living that way. They're all big boys and girls.

As a fellow diver, we should all wish Randy a speedy recovery and return to the water.....

 

[dmaziuk]

As a fellow diver, we should all wish Randy a speedy recovery and return to the water.....

That, of course. But I do have a naive question: if I'm doing doing this 3xday 5 days/week, why am I not wearing a shoulder-length titanium chainmail gauntlet?

 

[The Chairman]

Such a shame. Whomever it is, I also wish for a speedy recovery.