(excuse paste job here from wikipedia/link would not work)
[i]The media's fixation with shark attacks began on July 6, when 8-year-old Mississippi boy Jessie Arbogast was bitten by a bull shark while standing in shallow water at Santa Rosa Island's Langdon Beach. The shark, which measured approximately 7 feet (2.1 m) in length, bit off Arbogast's arm in the attack; it was then caught and killed after being dragged by its tail onto shore by Arbogast's uncle, Vance Flosenzier. Although Arbogast was immediately pulled out the water by Flosenzier following the attack, the severe blood loss he suffered caused damage to his organs and brain, complicating his recovery.[5] Arbogast's arm was later removed from the captured shark's mouth and surgically reattached.
Immediately after the near-fatal attack on Arbogast, another attack severed the leg of a New Yorker vacationing in The Bahamas, while a third attack on a surfer occurred about a week later on July 15, six miles from the spot where Arbogast was bitten.[6] In the following weeks, Abrogast's spectacular rescue and survival received extensive coverage in the 24-hour news cycle, which was renewed (and then redoubled) with each subsequent report of a shark incident. The media fixation culminated in a cover story in the July 30th issue of Time magazine.
In mid-August, many networks were showing footage captured by helicopters of hundreds of sharks coalescing off the southwest coast of Florida. Beach-goers were warned of the dangers of swimming,[7] despite the fact that the swarm was likely part of an annual shark migration.[8] The repeated broadcasts of the shark group has been criticized as blatant fear mongering, leading to the unwarranted belief of a so-called shark "epidemic".[8]
By early September, there were calls to pass legislation to help "control the problem," and legislation prohibiting the feeding of sharks was enacted in Florida on November 1, becoming a law on the January 1, 2002.[9] The Summer of the Shark came to a quick end following the September 11 terrorist attacks, as the media had shifted attention to the destruction in New York City.[/i]
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/15/us/na ... exico.html <<<<<<<Aug15,2001
and now ... another major turning point in Egypt and:
http://www.slate.com/id/2277760/
I find this verrry interesting.... that ... weeks to months before these events .... made for MEDIA shark events precede... very well could be coincidence I suppose .. Terrifying... Terrifying ...what could be more terrifying than a shark attack ?.. what better way to get us to focus on the fact that we are bodies that can be ripped apart... ?
I am of the personal belief that we are actually spirit.. immortal... but I do forget this fact often ,,, especially when terrified... I truly believe that what terrifies THEM .. the powers that be... is that we could possibly wake up to that fact.... (but thats another topic)
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