On February 24, 2008, Austrian diver Markus Groh was attacked and killed by a large shark in Bahamian waters. The diver was bitten while diving among chummed-in tiger and bull sharks, without a cage, off of Jim Abernethy’s charter boat, Shear Water. If the shark attack wasn’t tragic enough, the “smooth over” job, following the incident by the tourism and conservation interests, including the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner, was enough to make for a great April podcast. The show runs 17 minutes.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Pictured is the charter boat Shear Water, owned by Jim Abernethy. An Austrian tourist was killed by a tiger shark on Feb. 24 while diving without a cage off of this vessel.