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Recent Fatal Shark Attacks In The U.S.

(AP)

A look at recent fatal shark attacks in the United States:

--Jamie Marie Daigle, 14, killed June 25, 2005, by a bull shark while swimming off a beach in Destin, Fla.

--Randy Fry, 50, killed Aug. 15, 2004, by a great white shark while diving off the coast of Mendocino, Calif.

--Willis McInnis, 57, killed April 7, 2004, by a tiger shark while surfing off the coast in Maui, Hawaii.

--Deborah Franzman, 50, killed Aug. 19, 2003, by a great white shark while swimming off Avila Beach, Calif.

--Eric Reichardt, 42, drowned Sept. 16, 2001, in a suspected shark attack off Pompano Beach, Fla.

--Sergei Zaloukaev, 28, killed Sept. 3, 2001, off the coast of Avon, N.C.

--David Peltier, 10, died after a Sept. 1, 2001, attack while surfing at Sandbridge Beach, Va.

--Thadeus Kubinski, 69, killed Aug. 30, 2000, by a bull shark while swimming in Boca Ciega Bay in Florida.

--James Tellasmon, 9, killed Nov. 21, 1998, by a tiger shark while swimming off of Vero Beach, Fla.

--William Covert, 25, killed Sept. 13, 1995, while diving off Alligator Reef in the Florida Keys.

--James Robinson, 42, killed Dec. 9, 1994, in a great white shark attack while diving off San Miguel Island, Calif.

--Michelle von Emster, 25, killed April 16, 1994, by a great white shark while swimming off Point Loma near San Diego, Calif.

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