Extremely tragic incident here in San Diego this morning. The crazy thing is that we did a 1.5 mile open water ocean swim about 10 miles south of this beach at the same hour.
Shark Attack Kills Male Triathlete Swimmer at San Diego Beach
Friday, April 25, 2008
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — A male triathlete swimmer was killed Friday morning in a gruesome shark attack at a San Diego County beach.
San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Mike McClain said deputies went to Solana Beach shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday and found a shark bite victim, who was pronounced dead about an hour later.
The male victim — one of a group of triathlete swimmers training in the ocean — was pulled into shore, but efforts by medics to revive him failed, Deputy Fire Chief Dismas Abelman told FOX News.
Witnesses reported seeing the victim's leg severed at the knee.
"He had very severe injuries to both legs," Abelman told FOX.
The man, whose identity wasn't immediately released, was described as being between 55 and 60 years old on the Solana Beach city Web site.
The incident happened at a strip called Tide Beach. Rescuers took the victim to the nearby Fletcher Cove Park lifeguard station for emergency treatment, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Coast Guard has issued warnings of sharks in the area since the tragic attack. Swimmers have been ordered out of the water for a 17-mile stretch around the site.
The county Sheriff's Department has sent up helicopters to scan the waters for the shark.
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