WELLFLEET, MASS.—A man was bitten by a shark Saturday in the water off a Cape Cod beach and died later at a hospital, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years. “I was that guy on the beach screaming, ‘Shark, shark!” Booth said. It was the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936, and the second shark attack this season. A Cape Cod politician said officials who did not take more aggressive action against sharks bore some responsibility for the fatal attack. The state’s last shark attack fatality was on July 25, 1936, when 16-year-old Joseph Troy Jr. was bitten in waters off Mattapoisett.

Source: thestar September 16, 2018 14:48 UTC