Shark Attack Data

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Shark attack at Rockaway Beach in New York, United States of America

GSAF Case # 1953.09.03.R
Date 03 Sept 1953
Country United States of America
Area New York
Location Rockaway Beach
Activity Surf fishing
Name Alan Stevenson, Jr.
Sex Male
Age 15
Injury Laceration to right lower leg
Time
Species 80-lb sand shark
Investigator or Source The Dispatch, 9/3/1953
Fatal? Not fatal
Incident Type Unprovoked