Fatal Fishing Attack

1957 Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1957

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Havana, Havana Province, CUBA

🌍 CUBA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, became entangled in fishing line and pulled below the surface

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.