Date06-Jun-1950
TypeSea Disaster
CountryUSA
Location275 miles northeast of Miami
ActivitySurvived crash of two-engine C-46 transport plane carrying 62 migrant workers from Puerto Rico to USA
InjuryFATAL, bitten five times. Other survivors fought off sharks for 10 hours. One survivor's arm severed by a shark.
VictimPedro Guzman, Male, 25 years old
Time09h00
SourceNY Times, 7/7/1950; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.258; T. Helm, p.89; [SAF Case #949 & SAF Case #969]
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