BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 29, 2020
Maine Marine Patrol says it is conducting targeted searches around the coast of southern Maine to locate the great white shark that killed a New York City woman here on Monday, and any other sharks in the area that might pose threats. In the U.S., the odds of a beachgoer being attacked by a shark are 1 in 11.5 million, according to the International Shark Attack File, which monitors shark activity around the world. A person’s chance of getting killed by a shark is less than 1 in 264.1 million.