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Shark Attack Victim: 'It Released Me and I Started Swimming as Fast as I Could'
A 61-year-old man from Oregon is recovering from a shark bite he got while snorkeling in Hawaii on Friday.
Tom Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Ore., was snorkeling near a shore in Kihei, Hawaii at about 9:35 a.m., when a 10 foot shark attacked him.
The shark bit Kennedy's left calf. Experts said the shark appeared to be a tiger shark.
"I kept watching behind because I was concerned it would come back again," said Kennedy.
Kennedy said at some point, the shark let go of his leg and he swam as fast as he could to get away.
"It released me and I started swimming as fast as I could…as I went further and started to bleed, I could see I was trailing blood, which was my next concern," Kennedy said.
Kennedy managed to get away from the shark and back onto his paddleboard.
One of his fellow snorkelers, an emergency room nurse, began first aid and helped get him safely back to shore. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Doctors said Kennedy was lucky the bite didn't hit any major arteries.
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Crocodile Attacks Boy Swimming In Australi
Saltwater crocodiles are common in the country's tropical north Australian police are searching for a 12-year-old boy who is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile and dragged out to sea.
The boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw, in the Northern Territory, when he was attacked.
"Initial reports suggest adults within in the group tried to save the boy by spearing the animal, but the crocodile dragged the child out to deeper water," police Superintendent Michael White said in a statement.
Supt White said the incident highlighted the dangers of swimming in waterways in northern Australia.
Two weeks ago a seven-year-old girl was feared killed by a crocodile at a waterhole about 340km (210 miles) east of the city of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory.
Police searching the waterhole shot dead a three-metre (10ft) crocodile, and an examination of the animal revealed what were believed to be human remains in its stomach.
Saltwater crocodiles, which can be up to seven metres (23ft) long and weigh more than a ton, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.
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Crocodile Attacks Boy Swimming In Australia
Australian police are searching for a 12-year-old boy who is believed to have been attacked by a crocodile and dragged out to sea.
The boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw, in the Northern Territory, when he was attacked.
"Initial reports suggest adults within in the group tried to save the boy by spearing the animal, but the crocodile dragged the child out to deeper water," police Superintendent Michael White said in a statement.
Supt White said the incident highlighted the dangers of swimming in waterways in northern Australia.
Two weeks ago a seven-year-old girl was feared killed by a crocodile at a waterhole about 340km (210 miles) east of the city of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory.
Police searching the waterhole shot dead a three-metre (10ft) crocodile, and an examination of the animal revealed what were believed to be human remains in its stomach.
Saltwater crocodiles, which can be up to seven metres (23ft) long and weigh more than a ton, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.
They have been protected since the 1970s and their numbers have increased steadily since.
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