IT'S
IT'S NOT
IT'S NOT EXACTLY AN "ALL CLEAR" FOR PEOPLE TO VENTURE BACK4@ INTO THE WATERS OF CASCO BAY--
BUT IT'S CLOSE.
IT WAS A WEEK AGO TODAY THAT A
WOMAN FROM NEW YORK --
SUMMERING IN MAINE -- DIED AFTER
BEING ATTACKED BY A 4@
GREAT WHITE SHARK.
THEN ON WEDNESDAY TWO
UNCONFIRMED SHARK SIGHTINGS
WERE FOLLOWED BY CONFIRMED
SIGHTING NEAR POND ISLAND 4@
LEDGES.
A DRONE OPERATOR EVEN SUPPLIED A
PHOTO OF THE SHARK TO
THE MARINE PATROL.
THAT SIGHTING WAS ABOUT A MILE
FROM THE AREA -- ON THE OTHER 4@
SIDE OF BAILEY ISLAND -- WHERE
WOMAN WAS ATTACKED.
JULIE DIMPERIO HOLOWACH WAS
SWIMMING WITH HER DAUGHT4@ER IN
WOMAN WAS ATTACKED. JULIE DIMPERIO HOLOWACH WAS SWIMMING WITH HER DAUGHT4@ER IN@
MACKEREL COVE, JUST 20 YAR4@DS
FROM SHORE.
THE DAUGHTER WAS NOT HURT.
IT W4@AS THE FIRST FATAL S4@HARK
ATTACK EVER RECORDED IN
MAINE.
MAINE.
AS
AS FAR
AS FAR AS
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY MORE CONFIRMED 4@ SHARK SIGHTINGS SINCE WEDNESDAY,
WHICH IS WHY MAINE'S STATE
PARK SYSTEM IS RELAXING THE
RESTRICTIONS ON HOW FAR PEOPLE4@
CAN GO INTO THE WATER AT FOUR
STATE BEACHES.
PEOPLE GOING TO REID STATE PARK
CAN STILL ONLY GO IN WAIST-DEEP
STATE BEACHES. PEOPLE GOING TO REID STATE PARK CAN STILL ONLY GO IN WAIST-DEEP@
BECAUSE
BECAUSE OF A LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE. BUT AT NEIGHBORING POPHAM BEACH -- WHERE LAST WEEK
PEOPLE COULD ONLY GO IN UP TO
THEIR ANKLES -- ALL
RESTRICTIONS4@
HAVE BEEN 4@LIFTED.
THE SAME WITH FERRY BEACH NEAR
SACO... AND CRESCENT BEACH4@
IN CAPE ELIZABETH.
WHICH IS WHERE NEWSCENTER
4@
4@ MAINE'S HANNAH DINEEN IS RIGHT NOW.
AND HANNAH, YOU SPOKE WITH AN
EXPERT WHO HAS SOME ADVICE FOR
SWIMMERS W4@HEN IT COMES TO GOI
BACK INTO THE WATER.
4@
4@
4@ THAT'S
4@ THAT'S RIGHT, PAT...4@ WHILE THE MARINE PATROL SAYS
IT'S SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO SWIM
HERE AT 4@
4@4@4@4@
4@4@4@4@ A QUICK MOVING FIRE DAMAGED A
MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING ON4@