Date15-Sep-1981
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationTampa Bay, Manatee County
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesSaid to involve a tiger shark or a hammerhead shark
InjuryFATAL, right calf bitten
VictimMark Meeker, Male, 26 years old
TimeP.M.
SourceS. Pelham, M.D.; NY Times, 9/21/1981, p.18, col.1; E. Pace, FSAF
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