Shark kills Diver

[LindaBluedolphin]

I have been on 2 shark dives once in 1995 in the Bahamas, and again in 1999 in Australia. I agree chumming or feeding sharks or eels or whatever the case may be, conditions them to associate divers with food, not a good idea. If someone wants to do that, their business, not mine, but I won't be doing it again.

 

[LIVES4SHARKS]

"Jim Abernethy, the charter boat operator whose passenger was fatally mauled by a shark near Grand Bahama,"

Good grief! If this isn't sensationalism I don't know what is! He was bitten by a shark in the calf and as a result died from his wounds. It hasn't been completely established what he died from. But from this article, you think the shark attacked him until he died. This is what makes me sick about the press!

God save the sharks!

Carolyn:sharks:

 

[MarkUK]

We are still getting conflicting reports on what caused the diver's death.

Several news reports state he was bitten in the calf and then died the following day, possibly as a result of a rapid ascent following the bite.

This morning, the Daily Mail has got the story on its website, and it states - in a quote from a member of the Coastguard - that 'his leg was almost torn off' and that he died from blood loss on the way to the hospital. Quite how the incident happened on the Sunday and he died on the Monday fitting with this story is beyond me - surely it didn't take that long to get to hospital!!!

But this puts a whole new spin on it. One story it looks like a bite and then death caused by rapid ascent, the other it looks like a bad bite and subsequent death directly as a result of the shark bite.

Give it another day or two and I am sure The Sun will be along with their version, no doubt explaining how it was a great white!

Only one thing is for certain - this is bad news for sharks, whichever way you look at it.

Mark

 

[Zoomer]

"Jim Abernethy, the charter boat operator whose passenger was fatally mauled by a shark near Grand Bahama,"

Good grief! If this isn't sensationalism I don't know what is! He was bitten by a shark in the calf and as a result died from his wounds. It hasn't been completely established what he died from. But from this article, you think the shark attacked him until he died. This is what makes me sick about the press!

God save the sharks!

Carolyn:sharks:

I agree "mauled" is way overboard, but anything to sell a news paper. I have seen news reports where they think it may actually have been an embolism.... It also stated they are still waiting on the autopsy report to determine exact cause of death.

My sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

 

[mrlipis]

Ok, so I am watching the news this morning and apparently the shark ate him... OMG! I just sent the correspondent an email. Unfortunately the stereotype on sharks will never change.

Bruce

 

[Gary D.]

Anybody have a copy of the LIABILITY WAVER that the LAWYER may/should have signed after READING it?

I have a Recumbent Bike business on the side. I have to have people sign wavers for test rides or rentals explaining the dangers of bicycle ridding. And some of you may be right when you say ridding a bike is more dangerous than diving with sharks. Do something stupid with either and you just might get hurt.

Gary D.

 

[_Bella_]

Ok, so I am watching the news this morning and apparently the shark ate him

State your source, because they need to be corrected. That kind of bad reporting beyond inflammatory.

 

[b1draper]

The only other thing they could have done is maybe rinsed down with a good meat tenderizer before the dive to help soften the divers up. If you're chumming and feading the sharks and you're not wearing chainmil or are locked up in a cage your taking your life in your own hands.

 

[b1draper]

Anybody have a copy of the LIABILITY WAVER that the LAWYER may/should have signed after READING it?

I have a Recumbent Bike business on the side. I have to have people sign wavers for test rides or rentals explaining the dangers of bicycle ridding. And some of you may be right when you say ridding a bike is more dangerous than diving with sharks. Do something stupid with either and you just might get hurt.

Gary D.

Here's one from a company here in Florida.

Aqua Sports at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FL

 

[aquaman_06]

The media really loves this shark diving thing. Considering the swarm of attention this has gotten I almost wonder if the mainstream media hasn't had their fingers crossed hoping for a death due to shark diving.

It's a wonder they didn't raise the terror threat level to orange.