The tragedy is Maine’s first-ever fatal shark attack
Mackerel Cove Photo: Paul VanDerWerf A woman who was attacked by a great white shark while swimming in Maine has died, the Sun Journal reports.
On Monday, 63-year-old Julie Dimperio Holowach was about 20 yards offshore of Bailey Island when the attack occurred. “You could hear her giggling and laughing,” one of Holowach’s neighbors who saw the incident told the Sun Journal. “All of a sudden Julie just started screaming for help.” Holowach’s daughter, who was swimming about 15 feet away from her mother, rushed back to shore, where she also cried out for help.
The attack — which is Maine’s first known fatal shark attack — has shaken locals and officials in the surrounding area. Holowach, a New York City–based fashion-industry executive who had recently retired, spent summer months with her family on Bailey Island, where they owned property. The only other recorded report of an unprovoked shark attacking a human in Maine waters was in 2010, when a porbeagle approached a scuba diver in Eastport. The diver did not suffer any injuries.
As experts have tried to make sense of the incident, many have pointed to the fact that Holowach was wearing a wet suit, leading them to suspect that the shark may have mistaken her for a seal. In recent years, the seal population in New England has thrived under federal conservation efforts.
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