Maui Shark Attack: School Teacher Injured, Two people were attacked by sharks last week in Hawaii, closing several beaches out of caution.
Beaches on the Hawaiian island of Maui reopened for the weekend after two shark attacks in a week sent people to the hospital and the stretches of beach were closed for several days.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources examined the water in a two-miles stretch from Polo Beach Park to Mana Kai Maui Resort near Kihei and Wailea Thursday and determined it was safe to reopen.
Evvone Cashman was swimming Wednesday morning in about 30 feet from shore in 10-foot-deep water when she was bitten.
“I must have had my hands up in front of my face. I think my head was above water, if I remember correctly,” Cashman said. "I don’t know because it happened so fast. I didn’t see him coming. I didn’t see him leave. He just came and hit me hard and bit me hard and I just took off to the shore as fast as I could."
Cashman, 56, had a 15-inch bite from her neck down to the middle of her spine, on her chin and both hands.
Beaches on the Hawaiian island of Maui reopened for the weekend after two shark attacks in a week sent people to the hospital and the stretches of beach were closed for several days.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources examined the water in a two-miles stretch from Polo Beach Park to Mana Kai Maui Resort near Kihei and Wailea Thursday and determined it was safe to reopen.
Evvone Cashman was swimming Wednesday morning in about 30 feet from shore in 10-foot-deep water when she was bitten.
“I must have had my hands up in front of my face. I think my head was above water, if I remember correctly,” Cashman said. "I don’t know because it happened so fast. I didn’t see him coming. I didn’t see him leave. He just came and hit me hard and bit me hard and I just took off to the shore as fast as I could."
Cashman, 56, had a 15-inch bite from her neck down to the middle of her spine, on her chin and both hands.
