The woman killed in Maine’s first known deadly shark attack Monday has been identified as a 63-year-old woman from New York City who had a summer home in the community. The Maine Department of Marine Resources on Tuesday identified the woman as Julie Dimperio Holowach, 63. She was attacked by a great white shark, authorities said Tuesday. “It is tragic…
While swimmers are being urged to follow those safety guidelines, local beaches are not being closed.
Dimperio Holowach's daughter was uninjured in the attack and swam to shore, Keliher said. Kayakers brought Dimperio Holowach to shore, but she was dead before first responders could get to the sand. While it's not clear if it is related, a seal's body was found on the shore at nearby Phippsburg with a bite wound 19-inches across, according to. The laboratory is researching sharks in southern Maine and collaborating with renowned Massachusetts shark researcher Greg Skomal and the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
"Julie and her husband are well known…respected individuals and the community is really at a tough juncture," he said. People renting and living in the area said this type of gruesome attack is so unusual and so shocking in Maine that some people won't be getting back in the water for a while. Keliher repeatedly stressed how rare this type of incident is in Maine, noting it was the state's first deadly shark attack ever and its second attack overall..
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