{"id":121477,"date":"2024-11-03T05:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121477"},"modified":"2024-11-03T05:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:50:46","slug":"shark-attacks-surfer-near-maui-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121477","title":{"rendered":"Shark attacks surfer near Maui beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30gtp9x00113b6mdoiywzzr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and authorities say.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001h3b6myqb6a732@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The shark attack happened Friday around 7 a.m. local time in the waters near Waiehu Beach Park at a surf spot called Sand Piles, Maui County officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mauicounty.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=15925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a release<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001j3b6m5u2btvxd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI heard this yell and I looked, and all of a sudden, I just seen a splash, and I don\u2019t know what was happening,\u201d one witness, David Basques, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2024\/11\/01\/surfer-61-critically-injured-shark-attack-mauis-waiehu-beach-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN affiliate KHNL<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001k3b6mo6boxw6n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe swam himself back maybe more than half the way, and then I seen somebody jump in,\u201d Basques told KHNL, adding that the person who jumped in helped bring the man the rest of the way to the shore.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001l3b6mi7zc5vrk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police, fire and medical personnel arrived shortly afterward and worked to stop the bleeding from the surfer\u2019s leg, which was severed below the knee, authorities said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001m3b6mg5072g01@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The man was alert while being treated onshore, officials said. He was taken to a Maui hospital in critical condition. The man remained hospitalized Saturday in serious condition, a Maui Memorial Medical Center spokesperson told CNN via email.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001n3b6me3pqq6sy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Maui Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Giesea said Maui police\u2019s \u201cquick action\u201d of applying tourniquets to the man\u2019s leg is the kind of decision that often makes the difference \u201cbetween life and death,\u201d he told KHNL.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001o3b6mp54keev9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI would like to commend the patient for his strength and wherewithal getting himself to shore,\u201d Giesea<strong> <\/strong>said, according to KHNL. \u201cI mean, now that\u2019s extraordinary.\u201d The fire chief also thanked good Samaritans who assisted the victim.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001p3b6m5vhzl1sy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The entrance to Waiehu Beach Park was closed after the incident and beachgoers were advised to stay out of the waters in the area until further notice, according to the release.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001q3b6mzv5p1u68@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Maui County has recorded at least 75 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu\/shark-attacks\/maps\/na\/usa\/hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprovoked shark attacks<\/a> since 1828, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu\/shark-attacks\/yearly-worldwide-summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eight people<\/a> in Hawaii were attacked by sharks last year \u2013 one of them fatally, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History\u2019s International Shark Attack File.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm30h53ic001r3b6mh01jxb06@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Surfers and people participating in board sports made up 42% of reported shark attack incidents last year globally, the International Shark Attack File\u2019s 2023 report shows.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/02\/us\/maui-hawaii-surfer-shark-attack\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and &hellip; 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