Shark attack, 1948-12-14 (Unprovoked)
Location: 10 miles off Cape Maisi, Guantanamo Province, CUBA
Activity: 2 messboys (Jeppsen) & Tony Latona (13) were playing on the afterdeck of the Danish ship Grete Maersk. Jeppsen fell overboard, Latona threw a lifebelt then jumped in to help him. Ship didn�t notice they were missing
Victim: Bret Jeppsen (M, age 14)
Injury: 2 hours later shark bit Jeppsen�s feet, arm, knee & finally killed him. Tony, clothing torn but alive, washed ashore on Cuban coast
Fatal: N
Source: Washington Post, 12/23/1948, p.`