Date26-Sep-1963
TypeInvalid
CountryUSA
Location100 miles offshore
ActivityCommercial fishing vessel, Ev-nn, struck object & sank. Ken Crosby and Jame & Ann Dumas adrift on makeshift raft.
SpeciesInvalid
InjuryNumerous dusky sharks & a 3 m to 4.6 m [10' to 15'] tiger sharks tried to overturn raft and one took Mrs. Dumas' body; scavenging by shark/s
VictimAfter 2 days, Ann Dumas, 7,5 months pregnant, died of exposure & exhaution& her body was lashed to raft., 25 years old
SourceWashington Post, 9/27/1963; SAF Case #1221
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