Uh, Oh... Shark Attack In Hawaii... Get Ready For Level Orange Alert !!!

[WillyT]

Swimmer Bitten by Shark in Hawaii

By ALEXANDRE DA SILVA
Associated Press Writer

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HONOLULU (AP) -- The shark bit into Jonathan Genant's left hand, then swam off. The swimmer gripped the wrist of his injured arm to slow the blood loss, flipped on his back and began to kick. But without the use of his arms, he could only drift. Then it hit him: Would the shark come back?

"Help! Help!" Genant began yelling. Bodyboarders swam him back to Keawakapu Beach.

Genant, 29, a former triathlete, told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday he often thought about how vulnerable he would be if a shark spotted him as he trained far from shore.

"If he had taken another strike at me, I wouldn't be here today," said Genant, who lost his left pinky and part of his ring finger when he was bit by the shark Wednesday morning.

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Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SHARK_ATTACK?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

*singing*

When the sharks bite,
Then the media freaks,
Obscurring all plots,
From the right...



Thank you... thank you very much...

[GrumpyGreg]

1. Wahaaaat? A shark in the waters off Hawaiii? Say it isn't so.

Now if it was a polar bear that would be worth reporting.

[WillyT]

4. What... You've Never Heard Of Tropical Polar Bears ???

More like Bi-Polar Bears, but enough about gender identity...



*ba-dum-pa*

:silly:

[SmokingJacket]

2. Sharks don't come back...

apparently people don't taste so good.

They only bite us because they hope we're seals.

[gristy]

3. that is one strange article

But without the use of his arms, he could only drift.

Huh? He had no legs? Berry strange...

For a split second, Genant said he considered fending it off with a blow to the nose, but the shark's mouth was too big and a punch would have plunged his arm directly into a row of sharp teeth.

Would have? Might have would be accurate.

[WillyT]

5. See !!! - And You Guys Thought I Was Just Messin Around !!!

Breaking here as of 6:56pm PST 12\23\05 (top of page): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

:shrug: