Date01-Feb-1958
TypeProvoked
CountryUSA
LocationWater Island
ActivitySpearfishing on Scuba
SpeciesNurse shark, 1.5 m [5']
InjuryChest bitten by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimU.S. Navy U.D.T. Diver trainee, Ronald Gerringer, Male, 18 years old
SourceJ, Randall, p.358 and L. Schultz & M. Malin, p.545 in Sharks & Survival
Shark Data Lab