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'Shark!' Swimmers race to save bleeding man off Southern California beach

Cameron Whiting had just finished an easy 1.5-mile open-water swim and was bodysurfing Sunday morning off Del Mar Beach when a member of his swimming group began to scream. At first, Whiting heard only the terror in her voice; then his mind processed that she was screaming, "Shark!" One of the newer members of the swimming group — a 46-year-old man whose name has not been disclosed — had been ...
A Nov. 2023 photo of Sunset Beach that was closed due to a shark sighting.

Cameron Whiting had just finished an easy 1.5-mile open-water swim and was bodysurfing Sunday morning off Del Mar Beach when a member of his swimming group began to scream.

At first, Whiting heard only the terror in her voice; then his mind processed that she was screaming, "Shark!"

One of the newer members of the swimming group — a 46-year-old man whose name has not been disclosed — had been attacked. The woman closest to him was yelling for help.

Since it was before 9 a.m. and lifeguards weren't on duty, help would have to

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