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The Iceman 6 · 08-20-2003, 01:47 PM

SHARK WEEK CONTINUED: Swimming with the seals

AVILA BEACH, Calif. — A 50-year-old woman died when a shark attacked her as she swam with seals Tuesday morning near the pier of this tiny beach town near San Luis Obispo, authorities said. Deborah Franzman of Nipomo, Calif., was swimming as she did several times a week near some buoys about 75 yards offshore when the rare attack occurred about 8:20 a.m. "The water was full of blood," said Antonio Neotti, 15, an aspiring lifeguard who watched four lifeguards swim through the surf to rescue her. "They pulled her out on the beach," he said. "She was not conscious. It looked like she was bitten in her hip and her upper thigh."

08-20-2003, 01:47 PM	#6
The Iceman 6 Here fishy fishy iTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Whoville Posts: 2,266	SHARK WEEK CONTINUED: Swimming with the seals AVILA BEACH, Calif. — A 50-year-old woman died when a shark attacked her as she swam with seals Tuesday morning near the pier of this tiny beach town near San Luis Obispo, authorities said. Deborah Franzman of Nipomo, Calif., was swimming as she did several times a week near some buoys about 75 yards offshore when the rare attack occurred about 8:20 a.m. "The water was full of blood," said Antonio Neotti, 15, an aspiring lifeguard who watched four lifeguards swim through the surf to rescue her. "They pulled her out on the beach," he said. "She was not conscious. It looked like she was bitten in her hip and her upper thigh."