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1999/07/21 Griffith Yamaguchi - Hawaii

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1999/07/21 Griffith Yamaguchi - Hawaii

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Shark bites Big Island man
Thursday, July 22, 1999

By Star-Bulletin Staff
A 43-year-old Big Island man was bitten by a shark yesterday off waters near Honolii Bridge near Hilo.

Battalion Chief Lloyd Nari- matsu of the Hawaii County Fire Department said firefighters responded to an alarm at 10:28 a.m. yesterday to a possible shark bite off Honolii.

Narimatsu said the man, identified by police as Griffith Yama-guchi, suffered a bite on his right thigh and buttock. The span of the bite was between 14 and 16 inches long, he said.

He was taken to Hilo Medical Center and was released yesterday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. "We think he was very lucky," said Robert Morris, chief executive officer of the Hilo Medical Center.

Narimatsu said the Fire Department and the Department of Land and Natural Resources closed a mile-long stretch of the beach yesterday while helicopter and boat crews search for the shark, believed to be between 6 to 8 feet long.

The last shark attack on the Big Island was Aug. 17, 1972, according to DLNR officials.
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