Fishermen watch in horror as huge shark kills woman
We recently watched a documentary on the shark attacks that soawned the popular movie, Jaws and came across this news article today.
FRED BRIDGLAND IN JOHANNESBURG
A SHARK described as "bigger than a helicopter" killed an elderly woman swimming off the coast of South Africa yesterday as crowds watched in horror from the shore.
Tyna Webb, 77, was swimming off the Cape Peninsula when fishermen spotted the great white shark circling.
"We screamed and shouted ‘shark, shark’ towards her," said a local fisherman, who was standing on rocks with fellow crew members at Sunny Cove, near Fish Hoek, a Cape Town suburb.
"Then it came at her, hit her in the thigh and threw her clean out of the water. Then she was gone. By the time we ran down to warn other bathers to get out of the water it was too late for her."
Friends who gathered on the shore said Ms Webb, a Fish Hoek resident and mother of five, had swum every morning, except Sundays, for the past 17 years at Sunny Cove. They described her as fearless, fit and very independent.
"All that was left was a little red bathing cap," said Paul Bennet, commodore of the False Bay Yacht Club, who witnessed the attack.
National Sea Rescue Institute spokesman Craig Lambinon said a helicopter crew saw what they believed was the shark that attacked Ms Webb. "They said it was huge, more than 20ft long, bigger than their helicopter," he said.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1320432004
FRED BRIDGLAND IN JOHANNESBURG
A SHARK described as "bigger than a helicopter" killed an elderly woman swimming off the coast of South Africa yesterday as crowds watched in horror from the shore.
Tyna Webb, 77, was swimming off the Cape Peninsula when fishermen spotted the great white shark circling.
"We screamed and shouted ‘shark, shark’ towards her," said a local fisherman, who was standing on rocks with fellow crew members at Sunny Cove, near Fish Hoek, a Cape Town suburb.
"Then it came at her, hit her in the thigh and threw her clean out of the water. Then she was gone. By the time we ran down to warn other bathers to get out of the water it was too late for her."
Friends who gathered on the shore said Ms Webb, a Fish Hoek resident and mother of five, had swum every morning, except Sundays, for the past 17 years at Sunny Cove. They described her as fearless, fit and very independent.
"All that was left was a little red bathing cap," said Paul Bennet, commodore of the False Bay Yacht Club, who witnessed the attack.
National Sea Rescue Institute spokesman Craig Lambinon said a helicopter crew saw what they believed was the shark that attacked Ms Webb. "They said it was huge, more than 20ft long, bigger than their helicopter," he said.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1320432004
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