Public warned to stay out of water.
Misfortune struck early Easter Sunday morning off Honolulu when a 58-year-old surfer was hit by an eight-foot tiger shark. The unidentified male was surfing near Kewalo Basin, just north of Ala Moana, at 7 am when the beast took a bite out of his right leg.
According to the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services, “life saving” first-aid was administered on the beach before the man was rushed to the nearby hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Nearby surfers were also said to have stopped the bleeding by fashioning a tourniquet.
Authorities stated that after the attack, the shark returned and was acting aggressively.
EMS spokesperson Shayne Enright said, “Honolulu Ocean Safety will continue to patrol the waters off of Kewalo Basin and Ala Moana after this morning´s shark bite. Lifeguards posted signs in the area.”
It seems like it has been a minute since tigers were front and center, dominating the stage of terror. The bulls of Reunion and great white apocalypse from a few years back had relegated the striped predator to almost afterthought.
Not anymore, I suppose.
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Must trip out the Point Panic bodysurfers
When I was a kid had a giant hammerhead with a bent dorsal fin patroling that area.
Master of puppets.
The tiger shark was pissed cause he was told surfer tasted like pua’a, but much to his disliking, he found the leg wasn’t dark meat and tasted more like moa.
If it was a German thigh bone it tasted of bratwurst and schnitzel