My sister just got off the plane from Hawaii, and the story is true. She said there are SOT's everywhere. Groups of 25 to 40 can be seen just off the coast, whale watching, etc. She recalls here first day there, commenting to my brother-in-law that it looked dangerous, with so many novice tourists, especially given it is winter there. My bro-in-law is an avid fisherman, and he was unable to go out fishing for 4 consecutive days due to the high winds, including the day the kayakers were blown out. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd >I received this from another list. I was wondering if it was true. Given the >rarity of shark attacks, it just seems a bit suspect and I was wondering if >anyone out there had heard this and knew what really happened. > > > >> Man Says Wife Dies in Hawaii Honeymoon Shark Attack >> >> Reuters >> 23-MAR-99 >> >> MAUI, Hawaii, March 23 (Reuters) - A California man has told police that >> his Hawaiian honeymoon turned into a hellish ordeal last week when he >> lost his new bride to a vicious shark attack off the Maui coast. >> >> Mark Monazzami of Sunnyvale, Calif., told authorities his story after he >> was airlifted to safety Sunday from Kahoolawe, an uninhabited island 12 >> miles (19 km) west of Maui that the U.S. Navy used to use as a bombing >> target practice area. >> >> Monazzami, a 39-year-old airline engineer who came to the United States >> from Iran 20 years ago, told authorities that he was visiting the Maui >> resort community of Lahaina on a belated honeymoon with his 29-year-old >> wife Naghid Davoodabai, whom he married about eight months ago after she >> arrived in the United States from Iran. >> >> The pair set out last Thursday for an afternoon kayak trip, staying >> close to the beach on calm seas, he said. >> >> On a third foray from shore, however, they found themselves quickly >> swept out to sea by unexpectedly strong winds. >> >> "It was so strong, I was freezing," Monazzami told the San Jose, Calif., >> Mercury News, which reported the story on Tuesday. "I said, 'what's >> going on here? Have we been cursed?'." >> >> Monazzami said he and his wife yelled and waved their paddles to attract >> attention, but to no avail. Then the wind and waves drew them further >> out into the ocean, capsizing their kayak several times. >> >> They were hanging onto the boat when Davoodabai screamed "Mark, shark! >> My arm's gone," Monazzami told the Mercury News. >> >> He hauled her onto the kayak and tried to use the drawstring from his >> swimsuit as a tourniquet to staunch the flow of blood, but she >> eventually bled to death in his arms, he said. >> >> He said he drifted on the kayak overnight and that his wife's body >> slipped into the sea at some point as the kayak was buffeted by winds. >> The boat ran ashore on Kahoolawe's rocky coast Friday morning. >> >> After wandering the island for two days wearing only a life vest, he >> stumbled upon an old military bunker with a satellite dish. Inside, he >> found a working telephone and he dialed the 911 emergency number. >> >> A helicopter airlifted him to Maui Memorial Medical Centre, where he was >> listed in stable condition Tuesday. >> >> "He has declined all new interview requests," Boyd Kleefisch, the >> hospital's chief executive, told Reuters. "We can all empathize. If he >> was in the water for that long, and lost his wife, he must be very >> upset." >> >> Davoodabai's body has so far not been recovered despite searches by >> helicopter and ship, and Maui police said they were handling the >> incident as a missing person case. >> >> A gray kayak resembling the one rented by Monazzami and Davoodabai was >> recovered Tuesday from Kahoolawe, and authorities were testing it to see >> if it was in fact their vessel, a police spokeswoman said. >> >> The incident marked the second apparent shark attack in the waters >> around Maui in recent weeks. A snorkler was bitten on the leg off >> Kaanapali Beach on March 6. > >------------------------------ > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
It was on the TV Network News today........ The Reuters Dispatch is pretty much what I heard. >I received this from another list. I was wondering if it was true. Given the >rarity of shark attacks, it just seems a bit suspect and I was wondering if >anyone out there had heard this and knew what really happened. >> Man Says Wife Dies in Hawaii Honeymoon Shark Attack >> >> Reuters >> 23-MAR-99 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, wildwater wrote: [snip] > > > > The incident marked the second apparent shark attack in the waters > > around Maui in recent weeks. A snorkler was bitten on the leg off > > Kaanapali Beach on March 6. first time through, i though it said "bit his leg off" -- i think i need to go paddle ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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