Shark Attacks Woman In Less Than 2 Feet Of Water
POSTED: Monday, June 4, 2007
UPDATED: 11:38 am EDT June 4,
2007
A large bull shark attacked and injured a woman as she stood in less than 2 feet of water at a South Carolina beach.
PHOTOS: Images From Story
SURVEY: Scared Of Sharks?
Susan Dornquast, who is from Texas, said she was standing near shore at Murrells Inlet in South Carolina when the shark came out of the water and bit her leg."I just turned around to look at the waves coming in and that is when the shark came up," Dornquast said. "I felt it hit my leg and thought that was more than water. I looked down and saw the shark swimming off.Dornquast said she knew the shark bit her after she had trouble moving her leg.She was taken to a hospital, where she received 40 stitches, the report said.From the size of the bite mark left on Dornquast, doctors estimate the shark was 5 feet long."I could not imagine (a shark) that big coming up to shore like that," Dornquast said. "I didn't know that much about sharks.""Sharks, especially like the bull sharks we have here, tend to feed in shallow water," marine biologist Paula Branshaw said. "Usually (the bites) are a case of mistaken identity."Marine biologists said the chances of being attacked by a shark are 1 in 11.5 million.Last year, there were 23 shark bites in Florida, according to the University of Florida.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
PHOTOS: Images From Story SURVEY: Scared Of Sharks? Susan Dornquast, who is from Texas, said she was standing near shore at Murrells Inlet in South Carolina when the shark came out of the water and bit her leg."I just turned around to look at the waves coming in and that is when the shark came up," Dornquast said. "I felt it hit my leg and thought that was more than water. I looked down and saw the shark swimming off.Dornquast said she knew the shark bit her after she had trouble moving her leg.She was taken to a hospital, where she received 40 stitches, the report said.From the size of the bite mark left on Dornquast, doctors estimate the shark was 5 feet long."I could not imagine (a shark) that big coming up to shore like that," Dornquast said. "I didn't know that much about sharks.""Sharks, especially like the bull sharks we have here, tend to feed in shallow water," marine biologist Paula Branshaw said. "Usually (the bites) are a case of mistaken identity."Marine biologists said the chances of being attacked by a shark are 1 in 11.5 million.Last year, there were 23 shark bites in Florida, according to the University of Florida.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Authorities release a chilling 911 call from a 19-year-old woman who hid in the back bedroom of a Central Florida home while four men attempted to break into the house.
An ex-wife of the man who found the remains of Caylee Anthony says that she thought her ex-husband was responsible for or involved in the girl's death.
Five people are dead after a mobile home fire broke out in Central Florida.
Officials question the credibility of a female deputy who called 911 in September to report a masked man had attacked her.
Dashcam video shows a Florida woman offering an officer sex instead of getting a ticket.
A woman tired of hearing her son say he lost another sock has come up with an idea to prevent it from happening again.
A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a commuter train platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad. A good Samaritan stayed with the child until the father could return. (Nov. 20)
South Carolina police say an obese man died after not moving from his recliner for the past eight months. Police say the man's body was physically stuck to the chair and firefighters had to cut him out. He died a few hours later at the hospital.
A Nebraska man says romance turned to revenge when he was victimized by his girlfriend and then exposed on Facebook. 
Thirty Victoria's Secret supermodels take over New York's Times Square this week.
Take a quick look at the flicks headed to your multiplex. Check out the trailer, too.
A man who passed a teller at a Central Florida credit union a note announcing a robbery turned around and walked away without any money, deputies say.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
