The shocking final moments of a shark-attack victim who was left with ‘unsurvivable’ blood loss have been revealed.
Kaelah marlow, 19 years old, was killed by one bite after being attacked by a 9ft great-white shark in New Zealand.
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A coroner determined that there was no way lifeguards could save the life of the 19-year old victim on Wednesday.
Michael Robb stated that the swimmer was suffering. “massive and unsurvivable blood loss”From a “single massive bite”After the attack of January 7.
Kaelah’s last moments were recorded during an inquest. Her frantic pleas for help were described by her friends.
She was swimming with her friends at Waihi beach, New Zealand’s North Island, when tragedy struck last January.
The current was too strong for her pals and she headed back to shore, but Kaelah didn’t follow them.
Lifeguards that had been watching Kaelah drift out to sea noticed her but did not believe she was in distress. “obvious difficulty”.
The rescue boat was deployed, but the woman was attacked suddenly as they moved towards her.
A friend reported to the coroner’s Court that Kaelah began panicking, waving her arms in an attempt to draw attention and shouting’shark!’
They stated: “Kaelah was really panicking and waving her arm around in the water before being pulled into the boat.”
As she was being pulled out of the water, the teen became conscious and shouted that she was being attacked by a shark.
One witness said that he saw blood in the water, while a lifeguard described seeing it. “something in the water”That was how it looked ” seaweed or some other people”The swimmer.
Kaelah was then rushed back to shore. The witness applied pressure on her wounds, and a lifeguard used an intravenous tourniquet.
However, the coroner determined that nothing could have been done to save her lives despite all their efforts.
Kaelah, who suffered from severe brain injuries, died at the beach. “massive blood loss in a short space of time.”According to the report,
In court, the coroner stated: “The woman was making sounds but not responding to voice commands and it appeared that she had suffered a small seizure.
“Marlow likely had suffered severe and unsurvivable blood losses by the time that lifeguards pulled her from the water.
“I conclude that the lifeguards were appropriately undertaking their responsibilities to observe Kaelah and were already actively taking action to check on her when she suffered her fatal injury.”
The coroner offered recommendations to help reduce or prevent serious injury from shark attacks.
Central Recorder reported January that one of her grieving relatives had marched into Lake Michigan after her death. “challenge the shark”.
Witness Tadhg Stopford claimed that after work had ended on the victim, a man walked in the ocean.
“The man roused himself and marched 100m into the sea,”HeThe New Zealand Herald.
“His entry in the sea was a challenge to the shark that had taken the life of his beloved one. He bravely plunged into the ocean and stayed there for many minutes.
“With my children around me, I felt his loss.”
Amanda Gould, a local news outlet Stuff, said that she was swimming waist-deep with her husband of two years and their boys when Kaelah separated from her group. So she pulled out and went into deep water.
“We were in the water at the same time as the girl and her friends,” she said.
“They were approximately five meters in front of me, but they kept moving further and farther out.
“She got separated from all her friends and was pulled really far out, beyond where the surfers would sit.”
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