Date17-Apr-1998
TypeProvoked
CountryUSA
LocationMarathon, Monroe County
ActivityScuba diving
SpeciesNurse shark, 0.9 m [3']
InjuryHe grabbed shark's tail, shark bit his chest & held on. PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimKevin Morrison, Male, 16 years old
SourceCNN; Orlando Sentinel, 4/18/1998, p.D7; Tallahassee Democrat, 4/19/1998
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