{"id":18906,"date":"2024-01-18T10:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/american-woman-killed-by-shark-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T10:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:50:30","slug":"american-woman-killed-by-shark-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/american-woman-killed-by-shark-while-snorkeling-in-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"American woman killed by shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An American tourist was killed by a shark during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a vacation in the Bahamas,<\/a> according to local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old woman was on a snorkeling trip with her family when she was fatally maimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/science\/wild-nature\/sharks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by a bull shark.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is further reported that family members observed a bull shark attacking the female,&#8221; police said, according to Reuters. Tour company employees and family members rushed to rescue the woman.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, who was a Pennsylvania resident, was taken a local hospital and declared dead. Police say that her upper body sustained injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/shark-sightings-plague-beaches-nationwide-over-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SHARK SIGHTINGS PLAGUE BEACHES NATIONWIDE OVER THE WEEKEND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The woman and her family were passengers on Royal Caribbean&#8217;s Harmony of the Seas cruise. According to Royal Caribbean International, it was an independent shore excursion.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place off the island of Green Cay, which is a half mile away from Rose Island \u2013 where a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/summer-shark-sightings-spike-east-coast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SUMMER SHARK SIGHTINGS CONTINUE TO SPIKE ON EAST COAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Royal Caribbean International confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just an unfortunate situation,&#8221; Royal Bahamas Police Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Royal Caribbean International is providing support and assistance to the guest\u2019s loved ones at this time,&#8221; a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Harmony of the Seas is currently on a\u00a07-night\u00a0cruise that sailed from Port Canaveral, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 4.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes a month after an 8-year-old British boy was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/sharks-bite-boy-8-during-bahamas-vacation-report-says-like-a-scene-from-jaws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked by three nurse sharks<\/a> in the Bahamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son could have been killed,&#8221; the boy&#8217;s father, Michael Downer, said. &#8220;It was like a scene out of Jaws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American tourist was killed by a shark during a vacation in the Bahamas, according to local authorities. The 58-year-old woman was on a snorkeling trip with her family when she was fatally maimed by a bull shark. &#8220;It is further reported that family members observed a bull shark attacking the female,&#8221; police said, according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-news.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}