Sharks in New England

Sharks in New England
Upon the two deaths of Alex B. Kinter and Christine Watson, residents of New England have been stricken with fear of shark attacks when swimming.
Kintner was attacked by an unprovoked shark while floating on his raft on Amity Island. His body has not been found. While Watson was reported missing and a few hours later was found mauled along Village Beach on Amity Island, which is leaving people in terror.
With these two attacks it leaves swimmers afraid to go near the waters, and leaves swimmers wondering is it safe to go swimming. “Sharks have gotten a bad reputation,” said Daniel Selmezczi, a writer for divetime.com, “in fact it is actually more likely that you will be killed by slipping on a wet floor.” According to divetime between the years 1580 and 2003, a 423 year period, there was only 1,909 shark attacks. Leaving your chances of being attacked 1 in 11.5 million.
Caroline from the New England Aquarium said there are very few shark attacks a year, and even less of them are fatal. When asked about the last shark attacks in N.H. she reported that it’s been about 75 years since the last reported attack. So for all of the people who are worrying about being attacked, they should know there hasn’t been one in so long that the chances are extremely low.
Even after the terrible events that occurred in Amity recently, swimmers and residents of N.H. will be safe and have no need to worry as of right now.