4 d. ago Canadian woman loses hands after shark attack in Turks and Caicos

A Canadian woman's relaxing getaway turned into a "nightmare" after she endured a shark attack in Turks and Caicos.The woman's brother-in-law, Al Chevarie, detailed the harrowing incident in a GoFundMe he created for the victim, who remains unnamed, and her husband, identified as Ralph Chevarie.According to Al, his sister-in-law was attacked by a "seven-foot bull shark" in only hip-deep clear water."The shark then circled around and bit her thigh. Not satisfied, the shark came back again and when she put both hands in front of her to protect herself, the shark cut off both of her hands, one at mid forearm and the other at the wrist," he wrote in the GoFundMe description.The description in French says her two hands were "instantly amputated." The GoFundMe's location suggests the family is based in Quebec.Al says Ralph managed to wrestle away the shark so that his wife could escape.A press release from the government of Turks and Caicos confirms that the incident o...

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4 d. ago Family of Canadian who lost hands to shark describe ‘nightmare’ attack

The woman was swimming on the Providenciales island of Turks and Caicos when she suffered horrific injuries

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4 d. ago Canadian woman loses both hands after shark encounter in Turks and Caicos

Al Chevarie said his brother and sister-in-law were in 'only hip deep clear water' when a shark approached them.

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4 d. ago ‘Instantly amputated’: New details emerge in Canadian woman’s Turks and Caicos shark attack

Quebec woman, 55, 'put both hands in front of her to protect herself, the shark cut off both of her hands,' writes the brother-in-law in a GoFundMe page

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5 d. ago Canadian tourist loses both hands trying to take photo of shark in Turks and Caicos

A 55-year-old woman has lost both her hands in a horrific shark attack while trying to take a selfie with the  creature, which was nearly two metres long. The vacationing Canadian, whose identity has not been released, was swimming at a beach on the Providenciales island of Turks and Caicos during the morning of Feb. […]

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5 d. ago Calgary woman jailed in Sierra Leone 'regularly beaten' by prison guards, daughter says

The daughter of a Calgary woman imprisoned in Sierra Leone since December is pleading with Canadian officials to take action to ensure her mother’s safety, citing concerns that she is being starved and beaten in the Freetown prison where she is being held. Hawa Hunt, 43, was arrested on live television in Sierra Leone on […]

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