BUSINESSES IS EXPECTED TO BE
LIFTED TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES BUT FIRST, WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT.
A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN
ATTACKED AND KILLED BY A SHARK
ON THE CAPE.
THE FIRST DEADLY SHARK ATTACK
HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 82
YEARS.
POLICE SAY THAT HE WAS SWIMMING
IN WELLFLEET , WHEN THIS
HAPPENED AROUND 12:00.
JIM SMITH IS LIVE FOR US IN
WELLFLEET TONIGHT, WHAT IS THE
LATEST?
Reporter: THIS IS WHAT SO
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORRIED
ABOUT FOR SO LONG AND NOW
TRAGICALLY, THIS HAS COME TO
PASS.
BEHIND ME, SIGNS WARN PEOPLE
ABOUT SHARKS THAT HAVE BEEN
POSTED HERE ON THE BEACH FOR
SOME TIME AND NOW A YOUNG MAN
HAS LOST HIS LIFE.
THERE WERE A TON OF PEOPLE
SCREAMING.
Reporter: A NIGHTMARE IN
WELLFLEET, A YOUNG MAN BITTEN
BY A SHARK AND THIS TIME IT WAS
FATAL.
THE VICTIM WAS WILL BE BOARDING
AND WAS SUDDENLY ATTACKED.
SHE WAS WAITING AT US, I RAN
UP AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
HAD HIM, SITTING IN THE SURF.
THEY SUPPORTED HIS HEAD AND
OTHERS CAME DOWN WITH TOWELS
AND WRAPPED HIS LEG IN A TOWEL.
WE HAVE A UNCONSCIOUS MALE
WITH A SEVERE LEG INJURY.
WE RECEIVED A 911 CALL OF A
POSSIBLE SHARK ATTACK IN THE
WATER, HE WAS BROUGHT FROM THE
WATER, CPR WAS IN PROGRESS.
Reporter: THE VICTIM IS FROM
REVERE, POLICE SAY HIS FAMILY
HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
A LONGTIME SURFER SAYS THAT
PEOPLE DID EVERYTHING THEY
COULD BUT THAT THERE WERE
SEVERE LEG WOUNDS.
THERE WERE HALF A DOZEN
PEOPLE TRYING TO STOP THE
BLEEDING WITH TOWELS AND I
GUESS USED THE CORD FROM THE
BOOGIE BOARD.
Reporter: POLICE CLOSED THE
BEACH TO SWIMMING DURING ONE OF
THE PRIME WEEKENDS OF THE
SEASON.
THEY REALIZE THINGS HAVE CHANGED
THANKS TO THE SURGING SHARK
POPULATION.
IT'S SCARY AND REALLY SAD.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY.
