Julie Dimperio Holowach, a 63-year-old woman from New York City, died Monday after a great white shark bit her off the western shore of Bailey Island.
Maine officials have identified the first woman ever killed in an unprovoked shark attack in the state.
Julie Dimperio Holowach, a 63-year-old woman from New York City died Monday after a great white shark bit her approximately 20 yards off the western shore of Bailey Island, confirmed Maine Department of Marine Resources Patrick Keliher in a The Maine Marine Patrol said a witness saw Holowach swimming when she was injured. Two kayakers took her to shore, and first responders later arrived, but she was confirmed dead at the scene. The kayakers asked to remain unidentified.Maine woman killed in an apparent shark attack, the first fatal unprovoked attack in the state
“They happened to be right there at the scene. They were courageous enough to jump in and retrieve the victim,” Jeff Cooper, a kayaking operator in the area, told the Associated Press. Holowach and her family own property in the area and are well known in the community, said Rob Beal, major of the Maine Marine Patrol, in a news conference Tuesday,
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