Dangers of Surfing
Before you go surf
May 24, 2008. ACAPULCO, Mexico - A shark killed a 21-year-old surfer Friday off Mexico's Pacific coast — six miles from a beach where an American man died in a similar attack last month, authorities said.
Osvaldo Mata Valdovinos, of Mexico, was attacked while surfing off Pantla beach west of Acapulco, said Jaime Vazquez Sobreira, the local Civil Protection director. The shark bit off the man's left hand and broke one of his legs. The previous fatal shark attack in coastal resorts of Mexico took place in 1997.
