Trio of sharks kills California college student snorkeling in the Bahamas

[Suburban_Guy]

Horrifying, her family was there.

Trio of sharks

An American tourist has died in a shark attack while snorkeling with her family in the Bahamas, authorities say.

[rainydayparis]

Bummer

[greatblueheron]

Terribly sad that it happened and the family witnessed it....

[rstevens62]

Strange, sharks are usually not pack hunters.

[Parnassia]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

Strange, sharks are usually not pack hunters.

I doubt they were hunting as a pack. One shark probably was attracted by the swimming activity, bit her, put blood in the water, which attracted the others. They can detect blood a long long way off.

[lucky2balive]

very sad
cant imagine watching my daughter torn apart

ive installed a very healthy fear of the ocean in my daughter...she knows there are a LOT of things in the ocean that will happily eat you

my wife is mad at me cuz the youngest wont go in the ocean...that's ok...one less hors d' oeuvre for the sea life

[crd08]

Very sad. Be traumatizing to all involved

[boxus]

Originally Posted by syrianlion

They knew the risks, thats why i never swim in ocean

It is far more dangerous driving to the ocean, or anywhere, than swimming in the ocean.

[crd08]

Originally Posted by syrianlion

They knew the risks, thats why i never swim in ocean

And that risk is low, about a 1 in 3,748,067 chance.

When someone is killed in a car crash, which is more likely, they know the "risk" of being in a car

[Ian_Lee]

Legalize shark finning. Preferably we eat them than they eat us.