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Teen Bitten By Shark On Memorial Day While Trying To Bring It On Boat: Reports Teen Bitten By Shark On Memorial Day While Trying To Bring It On Boat: Reports
Teen Bitten By Shark On Memorial Day While Trying To Bring It On Boat: Reports A teen boy was rushed to a hospital after a shark bit him while he was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico on Memorial Day, according to reports. The 17-year-old was boating with his father and another person offshore near Galveston, Texas, ABC13 Houston and KPRC-TV reported. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office received a call about the bite at around 3:50 p.m. CDT on Monday, May 25. The teen was trying to bring the shark on board when it bit him. His father immediately applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. The group was heading back toward the Galveston Yacht Basin when …

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by Chris Spiker
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$100K+ Raised For PA Dad Of 3 Killed In Sportfishing Boat Accident After Launching In NJ $100K+ Raised For PA Dad Of 3 Killed In Sportfishing Boat Accident After Launching In NJ
$100K+ Raised For PA Dad Of 3 Killed In Sportfishing Boat Accident After Launching In NJ A Pennsylvania father died and a New Jersey man was hospitalized after their 50-foot sportfishing boat capsized midday Saturday, Oct. 18, according to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Francis “Frank” Hennigan Jr., 50, of Glenmoore, and Taylor Flannery, 29, Point Pleasant, were transporting the Moonstruck, a Winter Custom Yachts vessel, from Cape May, New Jersey to Florida when they stopped in Beaufort, North Carolina for propeller repairs, Lieutenant John Beardsley said in a Saturday evening release. While navigating Oregon Inlet around 12:30 p.m., on Saturday the boat capsized while …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Princeton Dad Thrown Overboard, Killed By Boat Circling Barnegat Bay, Troopers Say (UPDATE) Princeton Dad Thrown Overboard, Killed By Boat Circling Barnegat Bay, Troopers Say (UPDATE)
Princeton Dad Thrown Overboard, Killed By Boat Circling Barnegat Bay, Troopers Say (Update) Authorities have released the identity of the boater thrown overboard and then struck and killed by the same boat in New Jersey waters Sunday morning, Aug. 24. Karl Chen Karl Chen Facebook photo Troopers responded to the area of ICW Marker 116 in the Barnegat Bay in Little Egg Harbor just before 10 a.m., where a 27-foot Robalo vessel struck a large wake, causing both occupants to be ejected, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. See video from the scene below. An out of control boat on the Barnegat Bay has killed 1 and left another in critical condition. I’m being tol…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mom Paralyzed In NY Boat Crash Faces Setbacks As Support Grows: 'Will Continue To Fight' Mom Paralyzed In NY Boat Crash Faces Setbacks As Support Grows: 'Will Continue To Fight'
Mom Paralyzed In NY Boat Crash Faces Setbacks As Support Grows: 'Will Continue To Fight' The Long Island mother paralyzed in a Memorial Day weekend boat crash is now facing new challenges in her recovery — but her family is staying hopeful as community support pours in. Brooke Skrocki, the 28-year-old fiancée of Edward Hillkewicz, was left with life-altering spinal injuries after he piloted a speeding boat while drunk, slamming into a jetty in Hampton Bays with her, two other adults, and their two young daughters aboard, the Suffolk County DA’s Office said. While her children, ages 2 and 6, were not physically injured, Skrocki was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital an…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Jersey Shore Boater Struck By Propeller, Sucked Under Water: Police Jersey Shore Boater Struck By Propeller, Sucked Under Water: Police
Jersey Shore Boater Struck By Propeller, Sucked Under Water: Police A 59-year-old boater was hospitalized after being struck by the propeller of a boat after being ejected from his own and sucked under water in Ocean County over Labor Day Weekend, police said. The Neshanic Station man was heading east on Manahawkin Bay in Long Beach on a personal watercraft when his boat was struck by a 28-foot vessel heading north around 4:35 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. The boater was ejected from his boat upon impact and sucked underwater by the other vessel’s propulsion. The propellers of the vessel then struck the man, who was hospitali…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police ID Wayne Teen Killed By Boat Propellor In NJ Waters (DETAILS) Police ID Wayne Teen Killed By Boat Propellor In NJ Waters (DETAILS)
Police ID Wayne Teen Killed By Boat Propellor In NJ Waters (Details) Police have identified the victim killed by a boat propellor over the weekend at a New Jersey beach. Zeina Mahafzah, of Wayne, was on a raft being pulled by a boat in the waters of Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars when she was struck by the vessel's propellor on Sunday, Aug. 25 around 4:30 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Mahafzah, who had been trying to board the boat, died. NBC Philadelphia previously reported the scene was a gory one, as Mahafzah had been "dismembered." Mahafzah died as a result of the accident.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teen Struck By Boat Propeller Airlifted After Saved By Off-Duty Officer On Greenwood Lake Teen Struck By Boat Propeller Airlifted After Saved By Off-Duty Officer On Greenwood Lake
Teen Struck By Boat Propeller Airlifted After Saved By Off-Duty Officer On Greenwood Lake An off-duty police officer came to the aid of an 18-year-old man who was struck by a boat propeller on Greenwood Lake last month. Vernon Cpl. Steve Rovetto was on the lake in West Milford when he saw that the man had been struck around 6 p.m. June 20, and called 9-1-1, West Milford Police Capt. Parrello said. Rovetto went over to the victim, improvised a tourniquet out of rope, and then accompanied him by boat to the South Shore Marina. At the marina, they were met by West Milford Sgt. Bregman who applied a tourniquet and requested a medical helicopter due to the seriousness of the injury.…

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by Cecilia Levine