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Tamayo Perry’s tragic dying this weekend marked the ninth deadly shark assault in Hawaii in precisely 20 years. Relationship again to a shark assault on June 24, 2004 (Perry was attacked on June 23, 2024), Hawaii Information Now recounted most of the varied encounters, and victims who’ve perished within the years since.
On Sunday, Perry was at a surf spot generally known as Goat Island when an emergency name was made reporting that somebody had been injured within the water. Rescuers used a Jet Ski to get better Perry, who was pronounced useless on the scene. Information of town lifeguard and longtime Pipe surfer’s dying made worldwide headlines. The native information station stories this deadly assault is the one one in Hawaii since 2004 that didn’t occur off of Maui.
Beneath are the deadly incidents listed by Hawaii Information Now. There was one other deadly snorkeling incident in 2013 not highlighted within the broadcast. You may examine shark encounters in Hawaii relationship again to 1995, right here.
December, 2023 — A 39-year-old man from Haiku, Maui, was browsing when he was attacked and killed by a tiger shark.
December, 2022 — A lady was snorkeling off of Kīhei along with her husband when a shark attacked. They fought off the shark however the lady was unable to swim again to shore for assist. Her physique was not recovered.
December, 2020 – A 56-year-old surfer was bitten whereas paddling out at Honolua Bay. He died from his accidents within the following days.
The WSL was set to start out its 2021 girls’s Championship Tour with the Maui Professional happening at Honolua Bay on the time however the incident compelled them to maneuver to Oahu the place the ladies competed at Pipeline as a substitute.
Might, 2019 — A vacationer from California was bitten. He misplaced his leg and died whereas swimming close to Kaanapali Seaside, a preferred resort location.
April, 2015 — A 65-year-old lady was attacked and killed whereas swimming off the Āhihi-Kīnaʻu Pure Space Reserve, the place she served as a volunteer.
December, 2013 — A 57-year-old man was fishing off Molokini, the tiny islet that sits between Maui and Kahoʻolawe. Along with his leg dangling over the sting of his kayak, a shark attacked him. He reportedly died earlier than making it again to shore.
June, 2004 — A Maui surfer was out for a morning session at Kahana Bay when he was attacked and killed by a shark.