Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1944 Caribbean Sea, PANAMA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1944

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Caribbean Sea, PANAMA

🌍 PANAMA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. His back was bitten as he was being towed to ship by rescuer, Lieut (j.g.) Stanley Kurta, then the shark pulled him below the surface.

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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