Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1995 Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Death resulted fom drowning; tiger shark bites were post-mortem

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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