Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Vaca Cut Channel And Bridge Under Marathon Monroe County Florida USA, United States — March 28, 1959
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Vaca Cut Channel And Bridge Under Marathon Monroe County Florida USA, United States in 1959-03-28. Recorded activity: Swimming. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Vaca Cut Channel And Bridge Under Marathon Monroe County Florida USA, United States.
- Date: 1959-03-28.
- Activity: Swimming.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: Non-fatal.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- No shark species identification is supported by the retained evidence.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- The supplied source lists 1959-03-29; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- March 28, 1959
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Vaca Cut Channel And Bridge Under Marathon Monroe County Florida USA, United States
- Country
- United States
- Activity
- Swimming
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Area / state
- Florida
- Person / vessel
- James McKee
- Age
- 13.0
- Sex
- M
- Time
- 14h30
- Outcome
- Non-fatal
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
Vaca Cut Channel & bridge under Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, United States
Approximate area: Florida
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
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Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Florida from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.