massachusetts in more than eight decades. bryan llenas joins us with more on this horrible story. 26-year-old arthur was boogie boarding saturday afternoon off of cape cod when he was attacked by a shark. he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at cape cod hospital per the first shark attack death in massachusetts since 1936. witnesses say the 26-year-old was about 30 yards offshore with his friend when all of a sudden, beachgoers saw violent thrashing in the water. a shark fin sticking out. the man was bitten and he bled down to the bone, dozens rushed to get him out of the water, they tried to stop the bleeding. but it was too late. the man was breeding from his legs. their lives depended on it and they jumped in and did everything. there is nothing more people could possibly have done in such a dire situation. the attack happened off of
arthel? arkansas arthel: jeff paul, thank you very much. eric: people on cape cod on high alert. the first deadly shark attack in massachusetts in more than 80 years yesterday. bryan llenas joins us with the details on this. reporter: really a tragic and rare event. 26-year-old arthur was boogie boarding off of cape cod when he was attacked by a shark. he, however, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at cape cod hospital. this is the first shark attack death in massachusetts since 1936. he was about 30 yards offshore when his friend when all of a sudden beach goers saw violent thrash aring, the man was bitten on his leg down to the bone. dozen os of people rushed to get him out of the water and onto the beach. people tied cords around his leg to try to stop the bleeding, they did cpr, but it was too
boogie boarding saturday afternoon at 12:15 off cape cod when he was attacked by a shark. he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at cape cod hospital. this is the first shark attack death in massachusetts since 1936. witnesses say the 26-year-old from revere, massachusetts, was about 30 yards offshore with his friend when all of a sudden, beachgoers saw violent thrashing in the water. a shark fin sticking out. people screaming shark, shark! the man was bit in his leg, down to the bone. dozens of people rushed to get him out of the water and on to the beach. the man s friend tied boogie board cords around his leg to try to stop the bleeding. they tried cpr, but it was too late. people were in the water at that point. everyone was screaming to get out, get out, there s a shark. and someone had been bitten. and that is how we knew something horrible had happened. the man was bleeding from his