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Narrator: What starts as
a typical summer day,
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Quickly turns into
anything but.
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Reporter: 17 year old paige
winter was attacked by a shark
at a north carolina beach.
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Dr heithaus: The more people
that are in the water, the
more bites you tend to have.
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Charlie: You could
see pink on the water.
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She was losing
so much blood.
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Dr heithaus: Where the
prey is, the predators
are gonna be.
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Charlie: And there
was two of them.
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I didn't know that
there was two sharks.
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Narrator: With robin
roberts
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Robin: Paige, you've
said that you're not
mad at the shark.
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Paige: "it's just a shark.
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Like it's doing its shark
thing. Don't be mad at it."
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Narrator: Unlocking the
mystery of an attack
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Dr heithaus: You can tell a
lot about a shark based on
their jaws and their teeth.
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Narrator: And an
extraordinary teen.
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Paige: Everybody's
normal is different.
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I'm not dead, I am
very much alive.
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Charlie: Oh, she's up!
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I came down to wake you up.
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Probably after the first
month of us being here,
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I haven't helped
her do anything.
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Narrator: Paige winter
is a determined teenager.
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Marcy: Being 17 is
difficult anyway.
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Being 17 in this world
and getting your leg
bitten off by a shark.
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That's gotta be difficult.
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And so she's going
through it all.
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Charlie: I remember
sitting, paige was
in her baby swing,
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And she was swinging
back and forth,
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I had just gotten out
of the marines, and I,
I just looked at her.
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And I knew it was my job
and my responsibility
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To take care of this
little, this little baby.
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Narrator: Marcy and charlie
are no longer together,
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But remain close in
parenting paige and
younger sister anais.
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Best friend, kale, is
a household regular.
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Paige: Kale, like
the vegetable.
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He's the one I tell
all of my feelings too.
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Summer 2019 was
looking very promising.
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You know, school
was about to end.
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Narrator: The kids are
making the most of
paige's junior year.
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Charlie: She was amped for
the vacation to get coming up.
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Paige: You know, everything
was like, it was looking,
it was looking pretty good.
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You know, I was, I was
excited, I was happy.
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And then, you know,
sometimes things happen.
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It was on, uh, Sunday,
June 2nd, and dad wanted
to have like, a family day.
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Charlie: Everybody
needed to get out.
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Everybody needed
to just play
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Narrator: The family
heads to the beach.
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Charlie: Fort macon has
always been where I've
gone to go to the beach.
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Narrator: Fort macon state
park is one of the most
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Popular destinations
along north carolina's
crystal coast,
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Located near the northern
tip of the barrier island.
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The shallow waters teem with
cobia, sailfish and mackerel.
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And if you're lucky, you
might spot a sea turtle,
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But they're not the only
sea life to be found here.
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Laura: On that area we can
usually encounter sharks
that like very shallow,
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Murky waters and that would
include obviously the bull
sharks or the tigers
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But also smaller
blacktips, lemon sharks,
even nurse sharks.
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We love also areas where
you know we can swim back
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To shore easily so
it's likely that
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We are surrounded by one
of the sharks every time we
are in this type of waters.
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Kale: We found, like,
the perfect spot,
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We all sat down and after
that me and anais went
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Over to paige and we
were like begging her to
get into a water with us.
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And then she
finally said yes.
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And we were like, "yeah."
and so we finally went in
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And then, like, we
just kept going out.
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Paige: And so when we went
like the water was, like,
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You could not see
anything in there.
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Like it was really
dark water.
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It like rained really hard
the night before so that made
the water kind of brackish.
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Laura: There's definitely
gonna be more interest
from the sharks
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To go into these areas
right after it has rained
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And when there's more
of that brackish water.
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Narrator: Scientist
laura garcia barcia
studies shark toxicology
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And the conservation
biology of sharks.
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Laura: Brackish water's
very productive in
terms of prey species
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So sharks really do like
getting prey from there.
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Charlie: I would say on
paige it was definitely
up to chest deep.
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On me, it was probably
just to my belly button.
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But we were a ways out,
I would say we were
out at least 50 yards.
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Kale: It was really like
shallow for a long time.
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Charlie: I mean, you had
to walk into the water,
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And then we started
noticing it getting shallow
again, so we hit a sandbar,
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And so we went past the
sandbar and noticed that
it started getting shallow
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Again, so we got to a
second sandbar and then
we started down again.
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We were, we were out
there a little way,
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But we were not further
out than anybody else
on that ocean was.
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Paige: So, at that point
it was me, anais and kale
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And then we turn
around and we see dad
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Trying to sneak up on us
and we're like laughing.
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Kale: We were just like
swimming around and we were
all joking around and stuff.
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As a joke, I was like, "hey,
paige, let's play mermaids.
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My name's katrina." and
then I dove backwards
into the water.
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Paige: And he just,
like, like, threw
himself backwards,
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Started splashing around so
I decided to play along
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And so I just, like,
threw myself back.
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And then, like,
step on something.
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And I'm like, "okay,
that's dad. Like,
whatever.
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That's fine." real funny.
And then I was like, "ow.
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That kind of hurts." and
then, I get pulled underwater.
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Like, completely yoked.
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Narrator: At the beach,
we rarely see what lurks
beneath the waters.
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Dr heithaus: When it
comes to sharks,
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You're basically
never gonna see those
when you're swimming.
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Narrator: Dr. Mike
heithaus is a marine
ecologist,
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Specializing in predator
prey interactions.
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Dr heithaus: When the water
is murky we can't see
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Something far away and
so we can't change our
behavior, uh,
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To get out of a
situation that could be
somewhat dangerous.
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Laura: Shark attacks do
not happen every day.
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So the rare occasions
where our shark encounters
are not so good,
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That's the ones we hear
about the most unfortunately.
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Narrator: But thousands
of sharks patrol the
us coastline every day.
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Dr heithaus: So when
we look at shark
attack numbers,
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The thing that drives
most of it is how many
people are in the water.
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The more people that are
in the water, the more
bites you tend to have.
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You tend to have more
bites in the summer,
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And that's when the,
the people are there.
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Narrator: For the
most part, sharks and
humans live in harmony,
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But that's not
always the case.
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Kale: I saw paige get
pushed out, like,
pushed up, upwards.
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I just heard anais say,
"paige, what are you doing?"
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Anais: I saw her get taken
down by the shark and then
I saw her blood come up.
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Paige: Like, you,
you're playing with a
dog, with, like, a rope.
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And you start shaking
the rope, and the dog just
goes, with his whole body.
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Started doing that to my leg.
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And then I was like, I
don't know what to do.
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Narrator: Why would
a shark attack paige?
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Dr heithaus: There
may be some factors
that could change
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Your chances of running
into a dangerous shark.
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Narrator: Could it be
attracted to her jewelry?
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Paige: I have like
15 piercings.
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I had my belly button
ring and I had rings on.
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So, I was quite
accessorized, if you will.
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Narrator: Or her bright hair?
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Paige: I had just dyed my
hair for pride month.
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Narrator: Could time
of day be a factor?
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Dr heithaus: Time of day
is something that affects
when predators feed.
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And can change your
chances of running
into a shark
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Charlie: I wasn't
watching them.
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And liz, the woman I was
dating, said, "charlie,"
and I turned and looked,
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And she pointed and
said, "shark, paige get
her." and I turned
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And paige, there was
no, there was no paige.
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It was just pink
on the water.
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Paige: And then I'm,
like, holding my breath,
shutting my eyes.
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I'm underwater.
I can't get up.
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And I got up for a second,
and then I heard screaming.
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Like, gasped and got some
sea water all up in there.
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And I remember just
like, "hold your breath,
paige. Just hold it."
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I didn't see my life
flash before my eyes,
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But I did see my future
flash before my eyes.
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I saw all of, like,
my big dreams.
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And I'm like don't
let me die.
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Paige winter is
fighting for her life.
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Paige: I put my hands
in its mouth and tried
to pull it off of me.
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I was like, thinking
of, like, a bear trap.
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And the bear trap was,
like, the shark's
teeth, in my mind.
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I'm just gonna try to,
like, put my hands in there,
and, like, see what happens.
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And it, like, came
off for a second.
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It was like, what are
you doing? Like, it
spit my hands out.
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It was like, "ew, gross."
and then, like, put
my leg back in its mouth.
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Like this is, this
is what I want.
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Am I going to drown or
am I going to bleed out?
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I really don't want
to die. So like, I
start, like, praying.
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Kale: It was just like
pushing her up and then
going back down
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And I just remember
seeing her face,
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Like, because she wasn't
screaming or anything.
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And then I finally noticed
like all the blood,
it was just everywhere.
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Narrator: Shark attacks in
the waters off of north
carolina are extremely
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Rare leaving scientists
scrambling for answers.
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Dr heithaus: Most of
the sharks that, uh,
are in that area,
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If they were to bite
somebody it would be
complete mistaken identity
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And it would probably
be they saw a hand flash
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And they thought it
was a little fish
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'cause most of those species
are eating very small prey.
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Most sharks are probably
scared of us or don't really
worry about us at all.
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I mean, we don't fit
the menu profile at all.
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Laura: We don't know
for sure, if, you know,
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Paige was thought as a
next meal for one
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Of the sharks or it was
just simply bad luck.
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Narrator: Several species
could be responsible for
this attack.
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Dr heithaus: In the
carolinas, there are
quite a few different
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Species of sharks that
might go through that area.
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And, you know, when you
have an event like this,
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You know, one of the
important things is
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To try to understand what
species it was that,
uh, caused an attack.
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Narrator: One
possible suspect: The
infamous tiger shark,
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Known for removing the
limbs of its prey.
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Dr heithaus: So, tiger sharks
are a really big species.
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They can grow to 15
feet and even bigger.
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Narrator: And can weigh
up to 2000 pounds.
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Dr heithaus: They've
got the mouth at the
end of their jaws;
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They have teeth
that are curved
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Like knives so they
can actually cut through
things in both directions.
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So, they're built
to eat big prey.
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They can cut through
sea turtle shells.
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They're also found from
kind of open oceans all
the way into very shallow,
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Coastal waters
where people swim.
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So, you can do forensic
analysis of bites
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To try to figure out what
shark was responsible for
an attack.
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One thing you can do is look
at the shape of the teeth
that have made bite marks.
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And that's a tooth from a
tiger shark and you can see
that it has a curved tooth.
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So, if they drag that
tooth either direction,
it's going to saw,
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And it has serrations
on there that are a
lot like a steak knife,
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So that is built to
cut through big prey.
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And so, if somebody
gets attacked,
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Tiger sharks are usually
one of the first species
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That people wonder, could
that be, be responsible?
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Charlie: And I ran, I
just started running.
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It, it didn't take me
long to get there,
but I just got there.
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Narrator: Firefighter
paramedic charlie immediately
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Knows his daughter
is in grave danger.
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Charlie: I just ran, I ran
where the pink was moving
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And I dove under and
I grabbed paige with
my left arm
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And I brought her up.
When I brought her up,
there was resistance.
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Paige: And then my
dad, like, he gets me.
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Charlie: I brought her up
and there was a shark, this
huge shark and it thrashed.
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And I knew I had paige
and it was pulling me,
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And I had to anchor my
feet down in the sand to
stop me from moving out.
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And I just started to
hit it. I hit it, man.
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I hit it so hard.
So many times.
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Paige: He's, like, is, like,
holding me, and he's, like,
putting all of his strength
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Into, like, these punches.
He's going at it.
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Charlie: I remember thinking,
"you're trying to take her.
You can't have her.
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I know you can't
have her."
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One of the hits I gave it,
it must have been good
enough where it got
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Annoyed or something,
and then let go.
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Paige: I was scared when I
was in the water because I
was like,
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Blood is free flowing.
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Charlie: I was looking at
the shark and this thing
right in front of me.
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It was looking at
me sideways and it
had this, this eye,
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This black eye that was
just staring and there
was nothing in it.
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It was just black.
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Narrator: But how well
could the shark see charlie?
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Laura: It is often said
that sharks have bad vision
that is actually not true.
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However, we obviously all
know that in murky waters
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It is hard to see both
for us and for sharks.
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Narrator: According to
paige and kale, the water
that June day was murky.
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Laura: But sharks have a
system called ampullae
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Of lorenzini that allows
for them to sense
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Their surroundings and be
very aware of what's moving
right in front of them
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Even if visibility
is very poor.
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Narrator: A sixth sense,
ampullae of lorenzini are
a series of sensors
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On the underside
of a shark's head.
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They appear as pores on
the surface of the skin
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That lead to jelly-filled
tubes which detect
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Electrical fields
created by their prey.
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Dr heithaus: And so as they
get closer to their prey,
even if they can't see it,
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They can detect exactly where
it is based on that, uh,
electric field it gives off.
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And so, you know, a shark
can use that to zero in.
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Often though they,
you know, that's kind of the
last sense that they engage.
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At further distances they're
gonna be using hearing,
they're gonna be using smell,
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They're gonna use the
vibrations in the water.
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And so they kind of bring
new sensory systems
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Online as they get
closer and that electric
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Field is something they
use at their last second.
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Narrator: Investigators
explore what else could have
contributed to the attack.
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The family was in
the water at noon.
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And although predators
tend to be more active
at dawn or dusk,
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Mid-day attacks are
not unheard of.
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Dr heithaus: There's
more to a shark attack
than sharks being active.
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It's also how many
people are in the water.
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And so if you think about
when people get in, that
tends to be when it's warmer,
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So around midday and
in the afternoon.
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Narrator: And the question
of what type of shark
attacked paige remains.
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In addition to the
tiger shark, the bull shark
makes the list of suspects.
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Dr heithaus: They
don't grow to be super
long, you know,
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Maybe nine and a half feet
but they are super stocky
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Have, uh, really big
heads and mouths
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And also have these
triangular teeth
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So they can grab onto
and cut through big prey.
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Narrator: They have about 50
functional teeth at a time,
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And lurking behind them are
5, 6 rows of replacement
teeth awaiting their turn.
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Dr heithaus: They don't
get as big as tiger
sharks or white sharks,
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But they eat relatively
big prey for their size.
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So, you know, a seven,
eight-foot bull shark
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Might actually attack a
six-foot long dolphin.
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And so that is one of
the reasons that they're
dangerous to people.
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Narrator: So, could a bull
shark be responsible
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For paige's life
threatening injuries?
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As charlie struggles
to bring paige ashore,
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There's more in the ocean
than he originally thought.
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Charlie: So, I'm
carrying her like this.
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And I turned and when
I turned that shark
was still there.
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It was an arm's length behind
me in waist deep water.
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And there was two of them.
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I didn't know that
there was two sharks.
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Two sharks.
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I was terrified
of losing paige.
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Narrator: On a beach off the
coast of north carolina,
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Father charlie winter
is an epic race
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To save the life of
his daughter paige.
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Charlie: The first thing
I was thinking about was
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Stop the bleeding and
get her back to shore.
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We were a long way out.
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Woman: 911, come on,
come on, come on.
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Narrator: Eyewitnesses
say they see not one, but
two, sharks in the water.
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As charlie runs with a
wounded paige in his arms.
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Dr heithaus: We're really
just scratching the
surface of knowing when,
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Why, how these sharks,
uh, form groups or maybe
hunt in pairs
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Narrator: Information
that could help determine
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What species attacked
paige.
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Laura: Some sharks
species are more
social than others
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And for example we
know that scallop
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Hammerheads in big groups
out in the open ocean.
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We know that lemon sharks
can have individual
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Sharks that they come
across several times a day.
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So it's what we would say
like our friends, right?
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Dr heithaus: One of the
big group living sharks
are the blacktip sharks.
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Every year we have
schools of thousands
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Of blacktip sharks that
move through georgia
and into the carolinas.
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Narrator: However,
these 'social' sharks
can be ruled out
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Based on physical
characteristics.
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Laura: We think it
was definitely not,
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Uh, blacktip shark,
they're usually smaller.
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And the same could be
said for lemon sharks.
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If it was a
hammerhead someone
would have definitely
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Seen the different
shape of the head. It's
very distinctive.
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Narrator: Can sharks
be both swimming pals
and hunting partners?
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The answer, may
not be that simple.
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Laura: If in fact there
were two sharks it doesn't
necessarily mean
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They were hunting
together.
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Murky waters are very
productive areas where we
can find several sharks
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Of the same species, so
the moment there was
activity one of the other
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Sharks could have come
closer to check out what
was going on.
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It will try to see if
there's food for them too.
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Dr heithaus: I have seen it
in some areas where there
are lots of bull sharks.
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You know, a wounded fish,
I've seen four bull sharks
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Come in at same time
and just go bang, bang,
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And you have 100
pound fish that's gone
in 10 seconds.
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Narrator: Which means
the big sharks can't be
ruled out as culprits,
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Even if they're
known to be loners.
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Dr heithaus: White
sharks, tiger sharks,
and bull sharks.
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Most of these big sharks
hunt primarily alone.
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But sometimes you'll
see multiple sharks in one
area attack the same prey.
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Narrator: Though paige was
attacked in shallow water,
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It was definitely
a big shark.
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Dr heithaus: One thing
people tend to think of
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Is that big sharks must
be in deep offshore waters,
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When in fact, there are
some species where the
big sharks
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Come into the shallows. It
is not uncommon at all.
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Bull sharks can get in
along those coasts and they
can handle fresh water.
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That starts to say,
probably a bull shark.
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Narrator: Back at the
beach, there's good
news for charlie.
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He manages to get out
of reach of the
predators behind him.
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His attention
fully on paige.
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Kale: I can remember
her being laid down
on the beach
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And that's when I
first saw her hand.
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Charlie: It was all
exposed and everything.
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Every nerve was
just totally cut.
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And that's when I started
telling her, I love you.
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Probably said it 50 times.
I love you. I love you. I
love you. I love you.
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Kale: The paramedics arrived.
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James: What we saw
was very traumatic.
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Her entire thigh was missing
pretty much from the top of
her knee to her pelvic area.
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It was definitely the
most traumatic injury
I've seen so far.
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Narrator: Paige
is rushed to an ambulance
with her dad by her side.
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Charlie: She was
incredibly calm for what
she was going through.
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She was an absolute champ.
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Ha. And that's when paige
started being paige a
little bit.
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"listen, you know sharks
are good people."
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Paige: I was like, "don't
be mad at that shark. It's
just a shark.
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Like it's doing its
shark thing."
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Charlie: I was kinda
staring at her like, what
are you talking about?
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What are you talking
about right now?
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You know, who does that?
She's awfully forgiving.
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The helicopter crew
showed up. I told
paige, I loved her.
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And they put her in.
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And I started driving to
greenville very quickly.
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The surgery was for four
hours five hours something
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Marcy: Charlie and I
sat there and waiting
and wondering.
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The social worker opens
the door and comes in
with a surgeon
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Right behind her and,
yeah, your heart drops
in that moment.
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But the bad news she had was
that they were going to have
to amputate paige's leg.
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Charlie: And I just broke
down. You knew it was coming.
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You knew it was
going to happen.
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But to hear them say
that they have to take
your kid's leg. God.
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Narrator: Paige suffers
the loss of her left
leg at the thigh.
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Two fingers, and nerve
damage in her hands
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Paige: Hey.
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Narrator: Enduring a series
of operations, she exceeds
everyone's expectations.
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Narrator: Each day a
step closer to recovery.
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Her sense of humor and
forgiveness for the shark.
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Charlie: Whatcha doin' there?
Narrator: Unwavering.
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Paige: It's tough, but it
doesn't have to stay tough.
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Like, what happened to
me was a bad situation,
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But I can build from
that and I can rise.
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Narrator: While paige
heals from her
traumatic experience,
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She's still looking
for answers.
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Paige: Some questions I
do have. "what ifs?"
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Like, "what if this
happened instead of this?
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What if we did
this and not this?"
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To not get bit by a shark.
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Dr heithaus: Every so
often, at the wrong time
with the wrong shark,
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You know, bad
things can happen.
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Where the prey is, the
predators are gonna be.
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A shark attacks a teen along
the north carolina coast.
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Paige winter pulls through
the devastating encounter,
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But faces a long
recovery without her leg
and part of her hand.
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Dr toschlog: There was
an acceptance of what had
happened to her, but also a,
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A clear understanding
in, in her mind that
she was gonna survive.
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Narrator: But the questions
linger, what type of
shark was it and why paige?
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Paige: Some questions
I do have, because I
have heard that,
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Like, reflective
things in the water
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Might, um, like, seem
like fish gills
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So I thought maybe my belly
button ring or my rings or
my bracelets or whatever
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Would maybe attract
a shark.
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Hair dye run-off.
Stuff like that.
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Those are, you know,
just some questions.
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Dr heithaus: Some people
think that, you know,
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Wearing jewelry might
cause an attack.
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But, you know, a big
shark isn't going to see
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A little flash like
that and zero in.
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You know, sharks have great
vision, but I don't think
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That any of the, uh,
colored hair, belly ring.
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I mean, those sharks
probably sensed her
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Well before they would've
seen any of those things.
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Paige: We were splishing
and splashing around
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And I'm wondering if that
had anything to do with it.
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Dr heithaus: Sharks
do have good hearing, so
they can hear splashing,
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But there's splashing
going on all the time.
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There's just no way to
know if that contributed
to, to this event.
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Narrator: So far none
of the details shed
light on the attack,
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But shark travel
patterns could be key.
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Dr heithaus: That's
a satellite tag.
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So, what this does is
that sits on the dorsal
fin of a shark.
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So, this is one way
we can track sharks.
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We use tags like this
to figure out where
sharks are going.
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That helps us kind
of narrow down
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What species might be
responsible for an attack.
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Laura: A lot of the
sharks that are more
tropical species
433
00:27:50,646 --> 00:27:56,183
Prefer warmer waters, so to
go north to the, like,
places like north carolina,
434
00:27:56,218 --> 00:27:58,018
They wait until there's
those summer months
435
00:27:58,053 --> 00:28:01,655
Of warmer waters
in those shallow areas.
436
00:28:01,690 --> 00:28:03,790
Dr heithaus: We know, for
example, that bull sharks
437
00:28:03,826 --> 00:28:09,396
And tiger sharks are
perfectly at home coming
into shallow waters.
438
00:28:09,431 --> 00:28:14,301
Narrator: Fitting with
paige in waist deep waters.
439
00:28:14,336 --> 00:28:18,939
Another factor: It
rained the day before.
440
00:28:20,109 --> 00:28:21,541
Dr heithaus: Rain
the day before,
441
00:28:21,577 --> 00:28:24,244
You're getting more
fresh water coming
into the oceans.
442
00:28:24,279 --> 00:28:26,980
That can tilt things
towards predators being
443
00:28:27,015 --> 00:28:30,350
More present in those
turbid waters hunting.
444
00:28:30,385 --> 00:28:36,423
The most likely species
would be a tiger shark
or a bull shark.
445
00:28:36,458 --> 00:28:39,493
Narrator: A theory that
matches paige's injuries.
446
00:28:40,996 --> 00:28:42,863
Dr heithaus: The nature
of her injuries is such
447
00:28:42,898 --> 00:28:45,565
That that's really gonna
only be a bull shark
448
00:28:45,601 --> 00:28:47,868
Or a tiger shark that
could cause those
449
00:28:47,903 --> 00:28:51,404
Because their teeth being
able to inflict those
kinds of wounds.
450
00:28:55,911 --> 00:28:59,746
Narrator: A simple map
could give the greatest
insight of all.
451
00:28:59,782 --> 00:29:01,615
Tiger or bull?
452
00:29:02,751 --> 00:29:06,887
Dr heithaus: Okay, so this
is the area where paige was
attacked in north carolina.
453
00:29:06,922 --> 00:29:10,924
Up in these areas where you
get fresh water coming in.
454
00:29:10,959 --> 00:29:14,227
Those are the kind of places
that bull sharks hang out.
455
00:29:14,263 --> 00:29:16,296
And we know scientists
working in this area
456
00:29:16,331 --> 00:29:19,199
Have caught really
big bull sharks.
457
00:29:19,234 --> 00:29:23,336
When you put that
together with the
injuries that paige had,
458
00:29:23,372 --> 00:29:26,106
There's no question
this was a bull shark.
459
00:29:27,976 --> 00:29:30,477
Most of the time, they're
going to ignore people.
460
00:29:30,512 --> 00:29:34,614
But just unfortunately, in
this situation, they didn't.
461
00:29:34,650 --> 00:29:38,885
I mean, it's still really
just wrong place, wrong time.
462
00:29:38,921 --> 00:29:42,389
I don't think there's anything
I can suggest that they
could've done differently,
463
00:29:42,424 --> 00:29:44,257
Uh, to avoid the attack,
464
00:29:44,293 --> 00:29:47,360
Because you didn't
necessarily do anything
wrong.
465
00:29:47,396 --> 00:29:49,896
Anchor: The horrible
shark attack off a
north carolina beach.
466
00:29:49,932 --> 00:29:53,466
Reporter: 17 year old
paige winter lost her
leg and two fingers.
467
00:29:53,502 --> 00:29:56,403
No doubt a lot of people are
thinking about that girl.
468
00:29:56,438 --> 00:30:01,708
Narrator: Paige's story
makes headlines as an
inspirational survivor.
469
00:30:01,743 --> 00:30:04,244
Refusing to be angry.
470
00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:05,712
Paige: Hello!
Officer: Hey, how are you?
471
00:30:05,747 --> 00:30:06,947
Paige: I'm good.
472
00:30:11,186 --> 00:30:12,719
Robin: No? Really!
473
00:30:12,754 --> 00:30:13,954
Charlie: Hi. How are
you? How are you?
Good to meet you.
474
00:30:16,458 --> 00:30:18,558
Robin: It's good to see
you. I've been wanting to
see this hair up close.
475
00:30:18,594 --> 00:30:19,926
You ready to do it?
476
00:30:19,962 --> 00:30:20,627
Paige: Uh-hmm.
Robin: Let's do it!
477
00:30:22,531 --> 00:30:24,130
Robin: What has been
the most difficult time?
478
00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:27,367
Paige: Nothing's gonna
be the same ever again.
479
00:30:27,402 --> 00:30:32,672
Like, I'm still paigey.
Just a little different.
480
00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:35,775
Robin: The shark didn't
touch your spirit.
Paige: It did not.
481
00:30:35,811 --> 00:30:39,412
Robin: Paige, you've
said that you're not
mad at the shark.
482
00:30:39,448 --> 00:30:41,915
Paige: I didn't do something
directly to the shark.
483
00:30:41,950 --> 00:30:45,318
But I was in his
water. You know?
That's his house.
484
00:30:45,354 --> 00:30:48,488
They're just like,
like, they're not bad.
485
00:30:48,523 --> 00:30:51,424
They're not bad.
And they're cool.
486
00:30:51,460 --> 00:30:56,529
But this, um, situation
has urged me to learn
more about sharks.
487
00:30:56,565 --> 00:30:59,032
Narrator: Paige continues
to defy expectations.
488
00:31:01,203 --> 00:31:03,937
A month after her
accident returning home.
489
00:31:07,576 --> 00:31:09,209
Paige: There you
go. Awesome.
490
00:31:10,979 --> 00:31:13,580
Narrator: And vowing
to walk again with a
new prosthetic leg.
491
00:31:17,252 --> 00:31:23,423
Paige: Word. Oh, she's cute!
Charlie: Oh, there it is!
492
00:31:23,458 --> 00:31:26,092
Paige: Ooh, it's
a nike too!
Charlie: Uh-hmm.
493
00:31:26,128 --> 00:31:28,862
Paige: We stuntin
and confrontin'!
494
00:31:28,897 --> 00:31:31,531
Let's put it on!
I cannot wait.
495
00:31:31,566 --> 00:31:32,966
Therapist: Are you ready?
Paige: Uh-hmm.
496
00:31:33,001 --> 00:31:33,833
Therapist: All
right. Come on.
497
00:31:35,570 --> 00:31:37,003
Charlie: That's it.
Paige: Oh, there we go.
498
00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:38,905
Therapist: Paige.
Charlie: That's it girl.
That's it. That's it.
499
00:31:38,941 --> 00:31:40,240
Therapist: Oh, that
was a good one.
500
00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:42,242
Charlie: That's it. Perfect!
Paige: Get out of my way.
501
00:31:42,261 --> 00:31:42,876
Therapist: Yeah. You would.
502
00:31:44,279 --> 00:31:46,346
Charlie: She's walking,
503
00:31:46,381 --> 00:31:47,714
That was awesome.
504
00:31:47,749 --> 00:31:48,581
Paige: You haven't seen me
step like that in a month.
505
00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:50,216
Therapist: No, man.
506
00:31:50,252 --> 00:31:52,986
Mike: What you are witnessing
guys does not happen.
507
00:31:53,021 --> 00:31:55,722
Mike: You just don't see
a patient just startin'
on a prosthetic,
508
00:31:55,757 --> 00:31:57,390
And let go of rails
and walk like this.
509
00:31:57,426 --> 00:31:58,692
She's, she's amazing.
Charlie: Uh-hmm.
510
00:31:58,727 --> 00:32:01,328
Mike: Absolutely amazing.
511
00:32:01,363 --> 00:32:03,096
Charlie: Come on over
this way. Watch,
watch the curb.
512
00:32:03,131 --> 00:32:04,531
Paige: I know.
Charlie: All right.
513
00:32:04,566 --> 00:32:07,567
Mike: She is fearless.
Paige: Down with the bad.
514
00:32:07,602 --> 00:32:14,674
Narrator: Fearless and
ready to face the reality
of what happened to her.
515
00:32:14,710 --> 00:32:15,875
Paige: This is freakin cool.
516
00:32:18,747 --> 00:32:21,514
Hey, you.
517
00:32:21,550 --> 00:32:26,086
It's beautiful in
here. It's like
surreal to be here.
518
00:32:26,121 --> 00:32:27,954
(laughs)
519
00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:33,593
Oh, big fella. I
wanna know what's
he's been through.
520
00:32:33,628 --> 00:32:38,164
I think eventually I'm
going to go back to the
beach at some point.
521
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,233
Just because I got bit by a
shark doesn't really mean
522
00:32:40,268 --> 00:32:43,003
That I can't
still enjoy sharks.
523
00:32:43,038 --> 00:32:47,741
One bad encounter
with them isn't gonna
make me dislike them.
524
00:32:47,776 --> 00:32:50,110
Dr heithaus: Being attacked
by a shark is not something
525
00:32:50,145 --> 00:32:52,679
That you should worry
too much about.
526
00:32:52,714 --> 00:32:56,549
But, you know, if you
have big sharks, people
in the same area,
527
00:32:56,585 --> 00:33:00,086
Then there's the potential
for something to happen.
528
00:33:00,122 --> 00:33:02,956
Reporter: Tonight,
yet another shark
attack on our coast.
529
00:33:02,991 --> 00:33:04,991
This is the third
reported shark bite
530
00:33:05,027 --> 00:33:06,993
Off the coast of north
carolina just this month.
531
00:33:17,723 --> 00:33:21,124
Of a shark attack on
north carolina shores
532
00:33:21,159 --> 00:33:26,496
During the summer of 2019,
but she wasn't the last.
533
00:33:26,531 --> 00:33:28,798
Reporter: Tonight,
yet another shark
attack on our coast.
534
00:33:33,472 --> 00:33:35,105
Reporter: This is the
third reported shark bite
535
00:33:35,140 --> 00:33:38,174
Off the coast of north
carolina just this month.
536
00:33:38,210 --> 00:33:39,876
Dr heithaus: That
time of year in June,
537
00:33:39,911 --> 00:33:42,312
That is when you get some
of the sharks that have
538
00:33:42,347 --> 00:33:44,981
Been down south moving
further and further north.
539
00:33:45,016 --> 00:33:48,017
Because they like to find
the water temperature
that's just right,
540
00:33:48,053 --> 00:33:52,021
And there tends to
be more food as you
move further north.
541
00:33:52,057 --> 00:33:55,558
Narrator: While the injuries
sustained from these
other attacks were
542
00:33:55,594 --> 00:33:59,829
Non-life threatening,
should beach goers be
concerned?
543
00:33:59,865 --> 00:34:02,265
Dr heithaus: There's
variation in the
number of attacks
544
00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,701
From month to month
and year to year.
545
00:34:04,736 --> 00:34:07,103
Some of that's driven
by how many people are
in the water.
546
00:34:07,139 --> 00:34:10,140
Some is just driven
by random chance.
547
00:34:10,175 --> 00:34:15,912
Narrator: One year after the
attack, paige and charlie take
a huge step for their healing.
548
00:34:15,947 --> 00:34:19,015
Paige: I do think about
the beach, like, every
day, like, what happened.
549
00:34:19,050 --> 00:34:21,084
Charlie: It's a fear.
I knew I had to get to
the beach.
550
00:34:30,662 --> 00:34:32,262
Paige: Are we going
to get up close?
551
00:34:32,297 --> 00:34:33,596
Charlie: Yeah.
Paige: Ah.
552
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,333
I suppose I'm not too
excited about that part.
553
00:34:38,770 --> 00:34:40,637
Charlie: There's the waves.
Paige: It's not too bad.
554
00:34:42,741 --> 00:34:44,908
Charlie: Uh, and then I, I
took a step back, and it
555
00:34:44,943 --> 00:34:46,543
Was just paige out
there in the water.
556
00:34:46,578 --> 00:34:49,646
I didn't like seeing her
in the water by herself,
even being ankle-deep.
557
00:34:49,681 --> 00:34:51,114
Paige: Yeah.
558
00:34:51,149 --> 00:34:54,651
I forgot how much I
liked beach sounds.
559
00:34:54,686 --> 00:34:57,654
I've been to the beach
about a trillion times
560
00:34:57,689 --> 00:35:02,792
And I always had a great time
except for that one time.
561
00:35:02,828 --> 00:35:07,464
I would like to be an
environmental activist,
first and foremost.
562
00:35:07,499 --> 00:35:10,233
Environmental activism is
really important to me.
563
00:35:10,268 --> 00:35:15,305
It should be taken
more seriously that
our environment
564
00:35:15,340 --> 00:35:19,242
And the animals dwelling
in it are declining.
565
00:35:19,277 --> 00:35:22,512
Laura: There's a lot of
research being done on
sharks encounters,
566
00:35:22,547 --> 00:35:25,348
And the more we understand,
567
00:35:25,383 --> 00:35:31,187
The easier it will be to try
to prevent these tragedies
from happening in the future.
568
00:35:32,357 --> 00:35:34,891
Narrator: To learn about
current shark research,
569
00:35:34,926 --> 00:35:38,127
Dr. Heithaus and laura
invite paige and charlie
570
00:35:38,163 --> 00:35:41,898
To join them on an upcoming
shark tagging expedition.
571
00:35:41,933 --> 00:35:43,032
Laura: Paige, how are you?
572
00:35:43,068 --> 00:35:45,201
Paige: I'm good,
how are you? Good.
573
00:35:45,237 --> 00:35:46,970
Laura: You're gonna
help me build the gear.
574
00:35:47,005 --> 00:35:48,638
Paige: Okay.
Laura: Okay.
575
00:35:48,673 --> 00:35:51,207
So the first thing we
are going to do is put
the crimps in here.
576
00:35:51,243 --> 00:35:53,910
Paige: Uh-hmm.
Laura: So, if you wanna grab
another crimp from there.
577
00:35:53,945 --> 00:35:57,146
Paige: Okay.
Laura: Paige and charlie
will learn a lot about
578
00:35:57,182 --> 00:36:01,784
How pollution enters
our oceans and how
that can affect
579
00:36:01,820 --> 00:36:05,321
Our healthy ecosystems
and the animals that
live in it.
580
00:36:05,357 --> 00:36:08,391
Paige: It's kind of
cool that I get to go
581
00:36:08,426 --> 00:36:11,594
Learn more about these
fun, fun friends.
582
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:13,696
So they never stop
making teeth.
583
00:36:13,732 --> 00:36:17,033
Laura: No teeth.
Paige: Ah, what
silly creatures!
584
00:36:17,068 --> 00:36:19,335
Charlie: I'm a little
nervous for paige.
585
00:36:19,371 --> 00:36:24,040
To come back into close
contact like that with
no glass between you,
586
00:36:24,075 --> 00:36:26,509
This is something
that she wants to do.
Laura: All right.
587
00:36:26,545 --> 00:36:30,113
I think it's just
super exciting to be
able to get her out
588
00:36:30,148 --> 00:36:35,685
In the field to foster
that respect and love for
sharks that she has.
589
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:37,554
Your hook for tomorrow.
590
00:36:38,890 --> 00:36:40,056
Dr heithaus: The
thing about going
out on the water,
591
00:36:40,091 --> 00:36:42,058
Is you never know exactly
what you're gonna see
592
00:36:42,093 --> 00:36:45,261
'cause there's so many
species we could run into.
593
00:36:45,297 --> 00:36:49,399
Narrator: The sharks are
only one fear to conquer.
594
00:36:49,434 --> 00:36:51,801
Paige: I've never
been on a boat.
595
00:36:51,836 --> 00:36:55,204
I am really nervous because
I don't think my balance
596
00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:58,074
Is going to be that on
point with all the
waves and stuff.
597
00:36:58,109 --> 00:37:02,612
My first, like, thought
was, "oh my god, we're
actually doing this, right?"
598
00:37:02,647 --> 00:37:04,280
Charlie: I'd like to
think getting onto a boat
599
00:37:04,316 --> 00:37:06,716
And seeing a shark face
to face like that.
600
00:37:06,751 --> 00:37:10,620
It could be just
another, another part of
the, the healing journey.
601
00:37:10,655 --> 00:37:13,423
Narrator: Dr. Heithaus and
laura drop 6 baited
602
00:37:13,458 --> 00:37:17,060
Lines in a perimeter from
their research boat.
603
00:37:17,095 --> 00:37:19,195
Dr heithaus: A lot of the
work that we do is focused
604
00:37:19,230 --> 00:37:21,898
On trying to understand
how important sharks are
605
00:37:21,933 --> 00:37:26,102
For their ecosystems,
and what's gonna happen
if we remove them.
606
00:37:26,137 --> 00:37:27,437
That's something we
have to worry about,
607
00:37:27,472 --> 00:37:29,739
Because it looks like
we're removing almost 100
608
00:37:29,774 --> 00:37:31,941
Million sharks from
the oceans every year.
609
00:37:31,977 --> 00:37:34,744
And their populations
can't take that.
610
00:37:34,779 --> 00:37:38,314
We have to learn
a lot about how the sharks
navigate their environment,
611
00:37:38,350 --> 00:37:43,987
How they interact with their
prey, and then how that
affects the wider ecosystem.
612
00:37:44,022 --> 00:37:46,456
Charlie: How lucky were
we to have gotten away
613
00:37:46,491 --> 00:37:48,324
With in pursuit with the
way it was attacking?
614
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,460
And what could we
have done differently?
615
00:37:50,495 --> 00:37:52,762
Dr heithaus: I mean,
honestly, there's
nothing you did wrong.
616
00:37:52,797 --> 00:37:56,232
It's not an exact science
when it comes to shark
attacks, I'm afraid,
617
00:37:56,267 --> 00:38:02,238
Is that it was just
really unfortunate timing,
wrong place, wrong time.
618
00:38:02,273 --> 00:38:06,142
Charlie: I needed to hear a
shark expert say "don't blame
yourself." there was nothing
619
00:38:06,177 --> 00:38:09,345
Different that I could
have done different.
620
00:38:09,381 --> 00:38:11,581
There was nothing else
I could have done.
621
00:38:11,616 --> 00:38:13,983
Paige: Even though,
like, what happened to
me is very rare,
622
00:38:14,019 --> 00:38:17,086
I do really think that maybe
some of these answers
623
00:38:17,122 --> 00:38:21,658
Can help my dad just kind
of go to sleep at night.
624
00:38:21,693 --> 00:38:25,928
Laura: We're going to be
circling through the buoys
and changing the bait.
625
00:38:25,964 --> 00:38:27,664
Charlie: We'll get something.
We'll get something.
626
00:38:27,699 --> 00:38:31,467
Laura: So every 45 minutes
we check every single line
627
00:38:31,503 --> 00:38:33,269
And if there is no
shark or no bait,
628
00:38:33,304 --> 00:38:36,105
We put a bait again
to try to get a shark
charlie: We need a shark.
629
00:38:36,141 --> 00:38:37,707
Paige: Once we get
to the last one.
630
00:38:37,742 --> 00:38:40,543
Laura: We'll go back
to the first one.
631
00:38:40,578 --> 00:38:42,011
Charlie: After you got
to a certain point,
632
00:38:42,047 --> 00:38:45,948
You could feel if
there was something on
that line or not.
633
00:38:45,984 --> 00:38:47,417
I feel my something.
634
00:38:47,452 --> 00:38:50,086
Dr heithaus: Okay.
Charlie: Something's on!
Dr heithaus: Hey.
635
00:38:50,121 --> 00:38:53,756
Charlie: You've got
this huge shark just
coming right up at you.
636
00:38:53,792 --> 00:38:55,224
Paige: Oh, be careful,
dad. Oh, dad, be careful!
637
00:39:07,188 --> 00:39:08,788
Charlie: I feel something
dr heithaus: Okay.
638
00:39:08,823 --> 00:39:11,090
Charlie: Something's on!
Dr heithaus: Hey.
639
00:39:11,126 --> 00:39:12,992
Charlie: You know, when
I felt the, the tension
on the line, like,
640
00:39:13,027 --> 00:39:14,494
Ooh, we got something here.
641
00:39:14,529 --> 00:39:16,129
That's a little, that's
a little nerve wrecking.
642
00:39:19,434 --> 00:39:22,268
Laura: Charlie, want to help?
Charlie: Yeah.
Laura: Oh, my god.
643
00:39:22,303 --> 00:39:23,436
Dr heithaus:
There, we got it.
644
00:39:23,471 --> 00:39:24,404
Paige: Oh, be careful,
dad! Oh, dad, be careful!
645
00:39:26,875 --> 00:39:28,040
Dr heithaus: Looks
like a nurse shark.
646
00:39:30,612 --> 00:39:35,148
This is the most
common shark here in these
coastal waters of florida.
647
00:39:35,183 --> 00:39:37,216
Laura: I'm going
to be grabbing it.
Paige: Uh-huh.
648
00:39:37,252 --> 00:39:39,886
Laura: But if you want
to with your right hand,
649
00:39:39,921 --> 00:39:42,488
Grab the line so you'd
feel how strong it is.
Paige: Okay.
650
00:39:42,524 --> 00:39:44,157
Laura: You can, but I'm
gonna be grabbing it too.
651
00:39:44,192 --> 00:39:45,658
I'm not gonna let go.
All right. Yeah.
652
00:39:45,693 --> 00:39:47,860
'cause I would probably
fall. In between mine,
put your hands.
653
00:39:47,896 --> 00:39:49,362
Paige: In between?
Laura: Yeah.
Paige: Okay.
654
00:39:49,397 --> 00:39:52,298
Laura: So it's gonna
pull down at some
point. Oh, god. Wow.
655
00:39:52,333 --> 00:39:54,801
It's a big shark so,
you know, they have a
lot of strength,
656
00:39:54,836 --> 00:39:58,137
And this one is pretty
calm so it's not pulling.
657
00:39:58,173 --> 00:40:02,208
Paige: I said, "whoa,
that's awesome." and he
was very calm.
658
00:40:02,243 --> 00:40:04,644
That was a very calm shark.
659
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:10,917
I've never seen a shark
this calm, up close and
there it is, right there.
660
00:40:12,487 --> 00:40:16,055
Narrator: Nurse sharks,
slow-moving bottom-dwellers,
661
00:40:16,090 --> 00:40:19,392
And for the most part,
harmless to humans.
662
00:40:19,427 --> 00:40:20,960
Dr heithaus: Laura's
collecting samples,
663
00:40:20,995 --> 00:40:23,830
To see how much
mercury they're taking
into their body.
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00:40:23,865 --> 00:40:26,199
Laura: We first measure
it to know how large it is,
665
00:40:26,234 --> 00:40:28,734
We determine the
sex, whether it's,
666
00:40:28,770 --> 00:40:33,172
You know, male or female
and then we will tag it, we
give each shark a unique id.
667
00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:35,241
Dr heithaus: So, if
anyone catches them or
we catch them later,
668
00:40:35,276 --> 00:40:39,011
We can see how big they are
or how big they've grown.
669
00:40:39,047 --> 00:40:42,181
And we can also see
where they've moved
670
00:40:42,217 --> 00:40:44,817
Charlie: Watching a shark
being brought up from
671
00:40:44,853 --> 00:40:49,155
The depths where there's
nothing and then you
just see it coming up,
672
00:40:49,190 --> 00:40:52,158
That was pretty, that
was pretty intense.
673
00:40:52,193 --> 00:40:54,861
Paige: It was a reasonable
reaction for me to, like,
674
00:40:54,896 --> 00:40:59,732
Be right there with a
shark and a shark be
like, "whoa, what up?"
675
00:40:59,767 --> 00:41:01,934
Dr heithaus:
Anybody wants to?
Laura: Charlie.
676
00:41:01,970 --> 00:41:05,137
Dr heithaus: Charlie,
you want to touch it?
677
00:41:05,173 --> 00:41:07,440
Paige: You be so
careful, though
678
00:41:07,475 --> 00:41:11,544
Charlie: Believe me. But,
oh, aren't they like
gritty sand?
679
00:41:11,579 --> 00:41:13,579
Laura: Yeah. It's
exactly like sand.
680
00:41:13,615 --> 00:41:15,281
Charlie: Me touching a
shark wasn't bad at all.
681
00:41:15,316 --> 00:41:18,384
Paige: Is it smooth one way?
Laura: Not this one.
682
00:41:18,419 --> 00:41:19,552
Paige: Okay.
Laura: No.
683
00:41:19,587 --> 00:41:21,954
Charlie: This time, it
was a good experience.
684
00:41:21,990 --> 00:41:24,524
And the shark didn't
seem to mind too much.
685
00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:26,058
Laura: It's
smoother one way.
686
00:41:26,094 --> 00:41:28,427
Dr heithaus: Compared,
compared to a lot of
other sharks,
687
00:41:28,463 --> 00:41:31,030
They are fairly smooth.
Laura: Okay.
688
00:41:31,065 --> 00:41:34,066
Dr heithaus:I I always
wear long sleeves because
if you cross a line
689
00:41:34,102 --> 00:41:38,104
Of sharks the wrong
way, you get a scrape,
we call it shark burn.
690
00:41:38,139 --> 00:41:40,072
Paige: I have one of those!
691
00:41:40,108 --> 00:41:45,278
I'm just looking but I'm
nervous to touch it, because
if I get on the ground,
692
00:41:45,313 --> 00:41:49,248
I'm afraid that I'm going
to fall into the water.
693
00:41:49,284 --> 00:41:53,019
Even though I really like,
I love nurse sharks so much,
I think they're so neat.
694
00:41:53,054 --> 00:41:54,120
I like his whiskers.
695
00:41:56,190 --> 00:42:02,428
I think once I get more used
to my prosthetic leg and
gain more skills with it,
696
00:42:02,463 --> 00:42:06,732
I'd be super open to go
and actually touch a shark
on another expedition.
697
00:42:09,904 --> 00:42:15,641
Seeing the first shark
was super memorable.
698
00:42:15,677 --> 00:42:19,645
Like, I know it's going
to be like a core memory.
699
00:42:19,681 --> 00:42:24,283
Charlie: Seeing the shark,
and seeing how paige was
and seeing her smiling,
700
00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:28,120
I know she was
enjoying that moment.
701
00:42:28,156 --> 00:42:32,692
But then, just seeing how
they were, and just totally
calm and peaceful and,
702
00:42:32,727 --> 00:42:35,194
And then being
released and they just
glide right back down.
703
00:42:37,365 --> 00:42:39,465
Paige: Bye.
Laura: And you see
it swim away?
704
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:41,667
Charlie: Wow. It's
going right down.
705
00:42:41,703 --> 00:42:43,035
Dr heithaus: That's the
way we like to do it.
706
00:42:43,071 --> 00:42:44,203
Charlie: That's awesome.
707
00:42:44,238 --> 00:42:45,705
Paige: And that was the
perfect nurse shark.
708
00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:48,107
Dr heithaus: And then
(inaudible) free. Freebie.
709
00:42:52,780 --> 00:42:58,451
Paige: A lot of people are
fed myths about sharks.
710
00:42:58,486 --> 00:43:02,321
Narrator: From a 2019 study,
experts say that you're more
711
00:43:02,357 --> 00:43:06,726
Likely to die taking a
selfie than being
bitten by a shark.
712
00:43:06,761 --> 00:43:09,495
Laura: Universities, like,
having very important
shark labs doing, like,
713
00:43:09,530 --> 00:43:11,163
World-renowned research.
714
00:43:11,199 --> 00:43:13,499
And I hope that in
the future years,
715
00:43:13,534 --> 00:43:17,136
We just get to see
more women just, like,
managing the labs
716
00:43:17,171 --> 00:43:21,340
Paige: By having just
even, like, a tiny bit
of basic knowledge
717
00:43:21,376 --> 00:43:24,710
About sharks could help me
be a better shark advocate.
718
00:43:24,746 --> 00:43:28,581
Through this
whole experience, I have a
whole new outlook on life.
719
00:43:28,616 --> 00:43:31,350
We're gonna help save the
ocean and marine life.
720
00:43:31,386 --> 00:43:34,587
Laura: Major professors
the age of mike.
Paige: Uh-hmm.
721
00:43:34,622 --> 00:43:39,859
Laura: Are guys in marine
science but people my age are
mostly women doing this work
722
00:43:39,894 --> 00:43:41,927
Which is very, very cool.
723
00:43:41,963 --> 00:43:45,297
Charlie: This whole experience
has opened paige up.
724
00:43:45,333 --> 00:43:49,568
This made her confront
everything that was
going on in her life,
725
00:43:49,604 --> 00:43:53,739
And then moving beyond it,
and moving past it, and
moving past it quickly.
726
00:43:53,775 --> 00:43:55,174
Robin: Do you look
at life differently?
727
00:43:55,209 --> 00:43:57,076
Paige: I do think that
I have discovered a
little bit more
728
00:43:57,111 --> 00:43:59,912
Of an inner strength
now that I'm out and
about in the world.
729
00:43:59,947 --> 00:44:02,715
(cheering)
730
00:44:02,750 --> 00:44:05,117
When I got hurt, I
said, "sharks are
still good people,"
731
00:44:05,153 --> 00:44:07,286
Because they're like
still good people.
732
00:44:07,321 --> 00:44:09,422
And I still feel that
way because they're just
733
00:44:09,457 --> 00:44:12,391
Animals in their environment
doing their best.
734
00:44:12,427 --> 00:44:15,061
Much like how a
person is doing.
735
00:44:15,096 --> 00:44:16,896
We're all doing our best
in our environment
736
00:44:16,931 --> 00:44:19,198
Even if we have a
bad day sometimes.
737
00:44:24,138 --> 00:44:24,637
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