McCrory: Looking for patterns in record NC shark-bite summer

Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 5:05 pm
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Updated: 6:00 pm, Thu Jul 2, 2015.

North Carolina shark attack victim says fortunate to survive

Associated Press |

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The latest survivor in a record-breaking string of seven North Carolina shark attacks says he’s very fortunate to have survived, thanks to the emergency help he received after struggling ashore.

Sixty-eight-year-old Andrew Costello said Thursday the attack was frightening and painful, and he’s focused on recovering. The Wareham, Massachusetts, resident was bitten repeatedly in waist-deep water off Ocracoke Island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

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Updated: 6:00 pm.

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