Fisherman Mike Swenson at Edgartown Harbor caught the deadly shark yesterday that viciously attacked two young people last week. Amity Beaches will remain open for the Fourth of July weekend as officials say the dangers of further shark attacks has “probably passed”.
Swenson is receiving a $3,000 reward for his efforts in finding and killing the shark. It was determined by Matt Hooper, a marine biologist from Woods Hole, Mass. Oceanographic Institute, that the shark that lurked the waters was a nurse shark. Although nurse sharks are believed to be brutal and dangerous, according to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, they “feed mostly at night on spiny lobsters and other crustaceans, small stingrays, sea urchins, squid, and bony fishes.”
According to Hooper, there have been “no cases reported” prior to this incident regarding deaths brought on by nurse sharks.
Citizens and tourists today of Amity Beach hesitated to swim in the ocean at first, but eventually kids and parents alike jumped in to cool off the sting of the hot summer sun. Boats with policemen and marine patrol watched the waters to protect the swimmers.
While some people believed to have seen a shark, it is evident that people are still jumpy from the two deaths last week. Groups of swimmers screamed and ran out of the water as it was believed by both the swimmers and officials that a shark was in the water. Instead, it was two kids playing around.
The two boys, Wayne Winston and Brad Kapland, had no intention of creating such a scare.
“He made me do it,” said Wayne, pointing to Brad.
Although Chief of Police Martin Brody encourages the citizens of Amity to “swim and have fun”, there is no doubt that precautious measures still need to be taken. Patrolling the beaches this holiday will be the Coast Guard, the Marine Partol, the Massachusetts State Police, the U.S. Navy, Homeland Security, and the FBI.
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