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Year After Losing Leg In Shark Attack, Connecticut Woman Heading To Paralympics
Ali Truwit is taking her inspiring spirit to the world stage. The 24-year-old Connecticut native, from the Fairfield County town of Darien, set off for Paris on Friday, Aug. 16, where she’ll represent Team USA in the Paralympic Games later this month. It’s a remarkable turn for the Yale University graduate, coming just over a year after she survived a near-fatal shark attack in the Caribbean. Earlier Report - Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Darien Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean As previously reported by Daily Voice, Truwit was snorkeling near a resort in the Turks and Ca…
Obituaries
Community 'Heartbroken' After Mass Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas
Coworkers and friends of the 44-year-old Massachusetts woman who was killed by a shark while on vacation in the Bahamas say they are heartbroken and shocked by her death. Lauren Van Wart, of Lowell, located northwest of Boston, was attacked by a shark on Monday, Dec. 4, about a mile from Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort while she was paddleboarding with a relative, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. Van Wart worked at Curriculum Associates, an educational material company in Billerica. Rob Waldron, CEO of the company, said she was a beloved member of the company. …
News
Boston Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas
A 44-year-old Boston woman was killed Monday, Dec. 4, while paddleboarding in the Bahamas after she was attacked by a shark, multiple media outlets reported. The woman and her husband were about a mile from the five-star Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort when she was attacked, Royal Bahamas Police Force Spokesperson Sergeant Desiree Ferguson said in a news conference. Related: Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas ID'd By Police A lifeguard who spotted the couple went out in a boat after the incident began to unfold, according to CBS News. Related: 'It Violently Turned At M…
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'Nightmarish' Shark Attack At Coastal NY Beach: Support Swells For Victim
The victim of a shark attack along the New York coast has undergone five surgeries in just over a week, with no end in sight, according to her family. “She…was eagerly anticipating her retirement, when she could — for the first time in her life — take a break.” Tatyana Koltunyuk was bitten by a shark on the left leg on Monday, Aug. 7 while swimming at Rockaway Beach in Queens, setting her forth on a life path her family could not anticipate. The 65-year-old woman was close to retirement, meant to be a promise of rest after a “grueling” life, as her daughter describes in a GoFundMe set up…
Lifestyle
'Something Is Biting Me': Shark Attack Survivor Recounts Harrowing Injury At NY Beach
It's a tale not many people can tell: surviving a real-life shark attack, but that’s exactly what happened to New Yorker Lyudmila Emag. The 47-year-old Brooklyn resident was swimming with friends on Long Island coast about 20 yards off Fire Island on Tuesday, July 4, when she felt something bite into her upper left thigh. “I screamed to my friends, ‘something is biting me.’ I felt like I was in a trap, it was holding onto me,” Emag said at a press conference at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore on Thursday, July 20. Fortunately, she managed to get her hands inside the shark’s …
News
Shark Attack: July 4th Beachgoer Hospitalized After New Incident On Long Island
A second shark attack has been reported in as many days on Long Island, with the latest incident coming on Tuesday afternoon, July 4. It happened around 1:50 p.m. on Independence Day in Suffolk County in the Village of Quogue (marked in red in the image above). According to Lt. Daniel Hartman of the Quogue Police Department, a beachgoer, identified as a 47-year-old man, was swimming in chest deep water at the Quogue Village Beach on Dune Road when he suffered lacerations to his right knee. The shark was not observed, Hartman said, but it was determined the bite was from a "larger…
Police & Fire
Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten On Long Island - Developing
New report - Shark Attack: July 4th Beachgoer Hospitalized After New Incident On Long Island Emergency crews are responding to reports that a teenager was bitten by a shark on Long Island. Crews were called at around 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 3, after the 16-year-old boy was reportedly bitten in the leg by a shark off Fire Island, near Kismet Beach. Lifeguards applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, according to police radio traffic. The teen’s condition was not immediately available. In late July of last year, a teen, also age 16, was bitten by a shark off Fire Island while surfing…
News
Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean
New details have emerged days after a young Connecticut woman lost part of her leg when she was attacked by a shark in the Caribbean. The 22-year-old was snorkeling near a resort around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 24 in the Turks and Caicos Islands when the rare attack happened, authorities said. The Turks and Caicos Islands Police Department told Daily Voice it did not know what type of shark was involved in the incident. The woman has now been identified as a resident of the town of Darien in Fairfield County. On Saturday, May 27, the Turks and Caicos Sun reported she is a recent graduate of…
Police & Fire
Shark Attack: Connecticut Woman Loses Part Of Leg In Caribbean
Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Connecticut Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean A young Connecticut woman is in serious condition after losing part of her leg to a shark attack while snorkeling in the Caribbean region. The shark bit off her leg while snorkeling near a resort around 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, said The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police. Police did not know what type of shark attacked the 22-year-old or what town or city in Connecticut she is from. The woman was rushed to a hospital where she is listed in serious condition, police said. The Turks and Cai…
News
Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Long Island Incident
A teenage surfer was bit by a shark on Long Island, the latest of six bites in the past three weeks. The 16-year-old was paddling about 20 yards offshore at Kismet Beach on Fire Island when he was bitten on his right foot around 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, said the Suffolk County Police. The surfer suffered a 4-inch laceration but was able to walk out of the water and was taken by Saltaire Fire Rescue to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said. After the bite, Suffolk County Police Aviation responded by…
News
Shark Bites Another NY Lifeguard
Another Long Island lifeguard has been bitten by a shark, prompting a beach to be closed. The second such incident in the span of four days took place in Suffolk County at Ocean Beach around 11 a.m., Thursday, July 7. According to Chief Lifeguard Jillian Weinstein, the crew of lifeguards was conducting civil service training which is common practice for us in the mornings when the bite occurred. The lifeguard that was bit was approximately 150-200 yards offshore waiting to be rescued by the team practicing, Weinstein said. "Once he felt the bite he pulled his leg away and began …
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NY Lifeguard Speaks Out After Being Attacked By Shark
A Long Island lifeguard bitten by a shark during a training exercise is grateful he survived the attack and is counting his blessings. Smith Point Beach lifeguard Zachari Gallo, age 33, told CBS New York he felt a sharp, sharp pain around 10:15 a.m., Sunday, July 3, during a training exercise with other lifeguards and reached down and felt a rubbery texture. As soon as he felt the texture he knew it was a shark and hit the estimated 5-foot shark three times in an effort to escape. After the third hit, the shark turned around and its tail hit him in the chest, Gallo said. After the att…
News
Two NY Beaches Closed After Lifeguard Bitten By Shark
Two beaches in New York temporarily closed after a lifeguard was bitten by a shark. The incident on Long Island Sunday, July 3, affected Smith Point and Cupsogue beaches in Suffolk County. The lifeguard, identified as Zack Gallo, is recovering after he was bitten in the chest and the hand during a training exercise at Smith Point Beach, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said in an afternoon news briefing. "Notice for Smith Point and Cupsogue beaches: swimming has been suspended due to dangerous marine activity as of Sunday, July 3," according to a tweet by the Suffolk County Parks Dep…
News
NYC Woman Swimming Becomes Victim Of Maine's First Fatal Shark Attack
A New York City woman has been identified as the victim of the first fatal shark attack ever documented in the state of Maine. Officials from the Maine Department of Marine Resources announced on Tuesday, July 28 that Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63, was attacked by a great white shark on Monday, July 27. A witness saw Holowach swimming off the shore of Bailey Island in Harpswell, Maine, when the attack happened, the Maine Marine Patrol said. A second, unidentified woman who was swimming with Holowach was not injured, according to officials. A pair of kayakers brought the two to the shor…
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