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Cape Cod Town Approves Memorial Bench for Shark Attack Victim
Officials in a Cape Cod town have approved the installation of a memorial bench to honor a man killed in a shark attack two years ago. The Wellfleet Select Board recently voted unanimously to install the bench in memory of Arthur Medici, 26, at Newcomb Hollow Beach, the Cape Cod Times reports. Medici, who lived in Revere, was attacked by…
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Wellfleet Approves Memorial for Shark Attack Victim
The Wellfleet Select Board recently voted unanimously to install the bench in memory of Arthur Medici at Newcomb Hollow Beach, the Cape Cod Times reported.
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1 Year After Fatal Shark Attack, Cape Cod Officials Reflect
Officials on Cape Cod are reflecting on the one-year anniversary of Massachusetts’ first fatal shark attack in more than 80 years. Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom tells The Cape Cod Times that the famous tourist region has improved its emergency response following the death of 26-year-old Revere resident Arthur Medici last Sept. 15 while bodyboarding off a beach in Wellfleet.
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Fake Bloody Legs Found Near Memorial for Fatal Shark Attack Victim
Police in a Cape Cod town are investigating after three fake legs were placed near a memorial for the victim of a fatal shark attack last summer. Wellfleet police told the Cape Cod Times that the fake legs were placed near a memorial stone at the town-owned Newcomb Hollow Beach for Arthur Medici, who died last September when he was...
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Surfers Turning to ‘Shark Shield' to Keep Sharks Away
Shark warnings are the new normal around Cape Cod, so local surfers are turning to new technology to safely share the waters with the marine beasts. “They’re everywhere,” surfer Shawn Vecchione said. “One day I counted 20 (sharks) right after I got out of the water.” It’s been getting easier for long-time surfers on the Cape to spot the...
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Great White Shark Spotted 40 Yards Off Cape Cod Beach
A great white shark was spotted about 40 yards off a beach in Cape Cod on Tuesday. The shark was seen about 40 yards off Marconi Beach in Wellfleet around noon, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
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Duxbury Beach Temporarily Closed After Unconfirmed Shark Sighting
Duxbury Beach was temporarily closed Friday after an unconfirmed shark sighting. The news was communicated via a tweet from Duxbury Police Beach Operations shortly before 2 p.m. The beach was reopened within an hour.
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Shark Season: 3 Great Whites Spotted Off Cape Cod
Summer shark season has arrived, as three great white sharks were spotted off different areas of Cape Cod on Monday morning. According to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, two great whites were spotted Monday afternoon in Cape Cod Bay.
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Shark Season: 3 Great Whites Spotted Off Cape Cod
Summer shark season has arrived, as three great white sharks were spotted off different areas of Cape Cod on Monday morning. According to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app, two great whites were spotted Monday afternoon in Cape Cod Bay.
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Money Raised for Shark-Detecting System Returned to Donors
Organizers of an effort to raise $200,000 to buy a pair of shark-detecting sonar buoys to deploy off Cape Cod say they will return $36,000 already raised because it’s too late to install them this year. Heather Doyle and Ashley Penn launched the effort and named it the Arthur Clever Buoy Pilot after Arthur Medici, the 26-year-old Revere man killed...
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State Gives Cape Cod Nearly $400K Grant for Shark Safety
The state is granting the six Cape Cod towns nearly $400,000 to use for shark safety preparedness and response programs ahead of the 2019 summer season. Chatham town manager Jill Goldsmith and Provincetown town manager David Panagore worked together to prepare for the summer and requested the state for assistance. Now, the Cape towns will receive a $383,000 grant to increase beachgoers’ safety.
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Push for Real-Time Shark Monitoring on Cape Cod
Six months after the Bay State’s first fatal shark attack in decades, neighbors on Cape Cod say more needs to be done to protect people enjoying Cape waters this summer. Heather Doyle is one of several people now raising money to install new technology to detect sharks in the water in real time. Shark buoys are already deployed in Massachusetts...
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Push for Real-Time Shark Monitoring on Cape Cod
Six months after the Bay State’s first fatal shark attack in decades, neighbors on Cape Cod say more needs to be done to protect people enjoying Cape waters this summer. Heather Doyle is one of several people now raising money to install new technology to detect sharks in the water in real time. Shark buoys are already deployed in Massachusetts...
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Family, Friends Remembering Cape Cod Shark Attack Victim
A remembrance is being held on the Cape Cod beach where a young man became Massachusetts’ first shark attack fatality since 1936.
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‘Traumatizing': Couple Recalls Trying to Help Save Shark Attack Victim
A man boogie boarding earlier this month off a Cape Cod beach died after being attacked by a shark, becoming the state’s first shark attack fatality in more than 80 years....
Bob Benson and his girlfriend Gail Sluis were among those who tried to help save 26-year-old Arthur Medici’s life. Benson recalled the tragic incident as “traumatizing.”...
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Wellfleet Holding Shark Forum After First Fatal Attack in Decades
The Massachusetts town where a man was fatally attacked by a shark this month is holding a public meeting to consider how the community can respond.
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‘I've Seen What They Can Do': Shark Expert Urges Caution in the Wake of Fatal Attack
When a shark killed Arthur Medici at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Saturday afternoon, it was the first deadly shark attack in Massachusetts since 1936. There may not have been any “no swimming” signs up and there hadn’t been any shark sightings in the area, but marine biologist Dr. Greg Skomal said these days we have to always assume...
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Funeral Services Planned for Victim of Cape Cod Shark Attack
Friends and family of the victim of the first fatal shark attack in Massachusetts waters in more than 80 years are paying their final respects.
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LISTEN: 911 Calls of Fatal Cape Cod Shark Attack Released
Newly released 911 calls paint a vivid picture of the chaotic scene at Newcomb Hollow Beach after a shark attack Saturday that ultimately claimed the life of a 26-year-old Massachusetts man.
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Deadly Shark Attack Leads Officials to Push for Safety on Beaches
Just past a growing memorial for Saturday’s shark attack victim, and despite “No Swimming” signs, nearly a dozen surfers were in ocean Monday near Wellfleet, Massachusetts. “A tragedy this past Saturday really has us looking for different answers,” Orleans Fire Chief Tony Pike said Monday.