US shark victims 'were in shallow water'
TWO people who lost limbs in shark attacks in North Carolina at the weekend were not swimming in deep water, officials have said.
TWO young people who were severely injured in shark attacks in coastal North Carolina at the weekend were swimming in shallow, waist-deep water.
SUNDAY'S attacks, in which a 12-year-old girl lost part of her arm and suffered a leg injury and a 16-year-old boy lost his left arm, happened 3 kilometres and less than 90 minutes apart, town officials said on Monday.