Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

1968 Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 63

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Foot severely injured

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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