Fatal Incident

Cape Henry Circle, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23459, United States

Thursday, October 7, 1954

Virginia Beach, Virginia·United States

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Sustained

Injury Location

LegMultiple areas

Injury Severity

Fatal

Injury Details

Rescue aircraft saw bodies in the water being bitten by sharks. One survivor saw a shark take off a man’s leg & another reported that the second cook was killed by a shark

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Time in Water

Extended

Water Depth

Standing

Shallow

Moderate

Deep

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Gibbous

Season

Autumn (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Thursday

Individual

Name

second cook

Sex

Activity

Involved in Accident

Location

Address

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Body of Water

Atlantic Ocean

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

36.9182, -75.9969

Cape Henry Circle, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23459, United States

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