Date12-Aug-1975
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationDaytona Beach, Volusia County
ActivityFloating on a small orange raft
Species1.5 m [5'] shark
InjuryCalf bitten, leg surgically amputated below the knee Note: by late August, 3 more bathers had been bitten by sharks at Daytona Beach
VictimHenry Peterson, Male, 20 years old
Time12h00
SourceNY Times, 8/17/1975, p.27
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