Surfer Loses Hand to Shark Near Kauai Reef
Associated Press
LIHUE, Hawaii —
A shark bit off a surfer’s hand and one-fourth of his forearm in the second shark attack in Hawaii in a week, police said. Joseph D. Thomson, 33, was attacked Friday near the reef on the north shore of Kauai.
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