The shark attacked the woman in an area popular with snorkelers, scuba divers and kayakers.
said the high surf can make visibility in the water poor."According to local fishermen, this time of year there's a lot of fish in the area, so it does attract a lot of sharks and dolphins birthing," he said.In May, a 65-year-old man died after a shark bit him while he was swimming in Maui, ABC13.com reported. Maui Police Department identified him as Thomas Smiley of Granite Bay, California. He emerged from the water without a leg.
Witness Allison Keller told Hawaii News Now Smiley was pulled from the water, and appeared to be unconscious. Keller said:"As we got closer, I saw some blood on his stomach and then I got looking a little bit more and his wrist, it looked like the skin on his wrist was just torn off. And then I got looking closer and his entire left leg from his knee down was just missing."
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