Shark Attack
Tuesday, November 16th, 2004 at 2:48 pm
My parents were on this beach the day before the shark attack… Evidently there are daily shark alarms (like air-raid sirens) that tell everyone to get out of the water, since the sharks are currently migrating around the South African Horn….
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Great White shark estimated to be at least 18 feet long (5.5 meters) has attacked and presumably killed an elderly South African woman off a beach near Cape Town, officials said.
Tyna Webb, 77, who lived in the area, was swimming Monday off Sunny Cove in Fish Hoek when the massive shark circled her and then attacked, witnesses and officials said.
About 15 people witnessed the attack.
"All that was left was a little red bathing cap," said Paul Dennett, who witnessed the attack from his home nearby.
Dennett told the South African Press Association that he estimated the shark to be at least 18 feet long.
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