Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1991 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1991

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 41

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right leg at hip, left leg and right forearm severed

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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