![]() ![]() As he floated on the water, the shark rose up, clenched onto his arm, and dragged him to the deep. ![]() Some days later, 11-year-old Lester Stillwell called out to his friends in Matawan Creek, New Jersey. He was dead before his mangled body was brought ashore - a sight that sent everyone running in a panic. Charles Bruder’s legs were bitten off below the knees, turning the water red. ![]() The shark’s second victim was a Swiss tourist in Spring Lake, New Jersey. After all, it was the first recorded fatal shark attack in American history. They didn’t respond, at first they thought it was a joke. His fellow beachgoers suddenly heard Vansant’s screams from the water. On July 1, 1916, Charles Vansant, a 25-year-old recent University of Pennsylvania graduate, was celebrating the summer in Beach Haven, New Jersey. ![]()
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