Child is killed in apparent shark attack
Pandemonium at Village Beach as boy is killed in front of
beach-goers
By Brian Ward
Amity- At 2 p.m. this afternoon, 10-year-old Alex B. Kintner
was killed while swimming in the waters off Village Beach when he was killed. First
reports show that Alex was attacked by a shark as he was playing on his
inflatable raft.
The relaxed air of the beach turned to horror, as Alex was
ripped down into spray of red water, mere feet away from the other children
swimming next to him. Parents and beach-goers charged into the ocean to pull
out screaming and crying children from the waters.
Alex’s mother, Marion Kintner, has been sent to the hospital
for shock, and is currently in fair condition.
Authorities are now looking into the possibility that the
death of Christine W. Watson, who had died the night before and whose body had
been found horribly mauled this morning, is also linked to shark activity in
the area.
A special meeting will be held today by the Mayor Larry
Vaughan, chief of police Martin Brody, and the Amity
Board of Selectmen to
discuss the possibility of closing the beaches on the 4th of July, and possible compensation to the Kintner family.
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