A California woman swimming off the coast of Maui was bitten by a shark on Thanksgiving and hospitalized after suffering a severe injury to her torso, officials said. A companion spotted a fin in the water and later told officials that a shark bit the woman, according to a statement from Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). Surfers helped her back to shore, where the woman was alert despite the serious injury, officials told KHON. Following the apparent shark attack, officers from the DLNR put up shark warning signs on beaches from Kahana Village Vacation Rentals to Papakea Resort on the west coast of Maui, about 2 miles of beachfront. He was the only person to die from a shark attack in Hawaii last year, while five people died in shark attacks worldwideWorldwide, the International Shark Attack File confirmed 64 unprovoked and 41 provoked shark attacks on people in 2019.

Source: Daily Mail November 29, 2020 04:27 UTC