Fatal Attacks
187
Unprovoked Attacks
1788
Total Attacks
2310
There have been a total of 2310 shark attacks in USA. Out of those, 187 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 8.10%. 1788 attacks came out of the blue while 522 have been provoked by humans.
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Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Hutchinson Island Beach, Martin County | 21-11-1960 | Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed | Fell overboard, prop slashed arm | FATAL, probable drowning & post mortem scavenging | NO | 51yo Sarah Peggy Sargent | |
Off Point Mugu, Ventura County | 24-10-1960 | 14h00 | Ejected from F3H-2 aircraft | No injury, shark hit his foot & circled | NO | 36yo Lt Cmdr. Lawrence Ernest Scheer USN, pilot | |
Haulover Inlet | 30-09-1960 | Questionable incident | Diving | Apparently went missing while diving. Helicopter searching for him spotted school of sharks attacking a "white object" 15' below the surface | NO | John Taylor Wilson | |
Atlantic Beach, Horry County | 23-09-1960 | 2.4 m [8'], 600-lb shark | Fishing inside net | Multiple superficial lacerations of leg, arm & hand PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Theldon Gore | |
Ocean City, Cape May County | 29-08-1960 | 17h15 | Swimming 3 miles offshore | Right leg severely lacerated | NO | 25yo Richard Chung | |
30 miles east of Corpus Christi | 24-08-1960 | Shark involvement prior to death was not confirmed | Aircraft crashed into sea | Partial human remains spotted by helicopter, shark involvement, if any, may have been post-mortum | NO | Naval aviator | |
Off Eames Monument, Bridgeport, Fairfield County | 23-08-1960 | 13h35 | Free diving | Superficial laceration of left arm | NO | 38yo Clyde Trudeau | |
Seaside Park, Ocean County | 21-08-1960 | Knee ripped to bone | NO | 14yo Thomas McDonald | |||
Sea Girt, Monmouth County | 20-08-1960 | 16h00 | Standing in knee-deep water | Lower right leg bitten, surgically amputated 10 days later | NO | 24yo John Brodeur | |
Key Largo Sound | 09-08-1960 | 20h00 | Lemon shark, 1164 mm, immature male, identified by V.G. Springer | Holding shark on leader & dangling it above the water | Right hand bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 15yo Richard Henn |
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