‘Titanic’ of shark attacks left 5 swimmers dead or maimed with limbs chomped off in ‘twelve days of terror’ off US coast

CHARLES Vansant was the first victim, bleeding to death after was he was pulled from the water following a savage mauling. The 25-year-old’s death was the first in a series of shark attacks that left five swimmers dead or maimed and sowed terror on the East Coast in what has been called the ‘Titanic of shark attacks’. 6 Two other men and an 11-year-old boy lost their lives in the ensuing carnage, while a 14-year-old had a miracle escape. The attacks over the summer of 1916 changed the whole way sharks were treated with the spectre of the deadly beasts… Read Full Article