(28 Apr 2008) HEADLINE: Calif. beaches reopen after fatal shark attack
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CAPTION: Southern California beaches, that were closed throughout the weekend while searchers look for a presumed great white shark that killed a swimmer, have opened once again. John Mone reports from Solana Beach, Calif. (April 28)
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[[VO: Long shots of beaches in San Diego Co., men and women tanning, surfers catching waves]]
[[SUPER: Solana Beach, CA]]
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17 MILES OF COASTLINE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF A FATAL SHARK ATTACK ARE OPEN AGAIN. SOME BEACH GOERS ARE WARY--
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[[SUPER: Kimberly Cram//Solana Beach, CA]]
'i definitely won't swim as far out as I do....for the time being."
[[VO: surfers walking to waves ]]
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WHILE MANY ARE NOT--
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"i'm not afraid to go in the water."
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[[SUPER: Justin Smith/Surfer]]
"it's a calculated risk. if you enjoy the ocean. enjoy it out here...you're more likely to die in the car than you are out here."
[[VO: File video, aerials, shots from Friday, courtesy KGTV, San Diego, cuts of beach]]
[[SUPER: Courtesy: KGTV]]
ON FRIDAY, A SHARK, PRESUMED TO BE A GREAT WHITE, BIT 66-YEAR-OLD DAVE MARTIN. SUFFERING MAJOR BLOOD LOSS FROM WOUNDS ACROSS HIS LEGS THE RETIRED VETERINARIAN DIED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ATTACK HAPPENED ABOUT 150 YARDS OFF SHORE, MARTIN HAD BEEN TRAINING FOR A TRIATHLON. EXPERTS BELIEVE THE GREAT WHITE WAS 15 FEET LONG AND IT COULD BE ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW--
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[[SUPER: Prof. Richard Rosenblatt//UC San Diego (Emeritus)]]
"the Monterey bay aquarium tagged one...and it ended up in Hawaii."
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[[SUPER: John Mone//The Associated Press]]
"shark attacks are rare. one hasn't happened in this area in decades."
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[[SUPER: Prof. Richard Rosenblatt//UC San Diego (Emeritus)]]
" it's been 50 years since there was the last presumed white shark attack here. in that time how many millions of people have been in the water."
[[VO: Cutaway, shots of signs of Scripps Inst. cuts back to beach, people surfing. ]]
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RETIRED MARINE BIOLOGIST RICHARD ROSENBLATT, OF UC SAN DIEGO'S SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, SAYS YOU'RE IN MORE DANGER ON DRY LAND THAN IN THE WATER. WORLDWIDE THERE WERE 71 CONFIRMED UNPROVOKED SHARK ATTACKS LAST YEAR. A STATISTICAL SLIVER OF RISK THAT REMINDS SOME THAT HUMANS *CAN* BE PREY--
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[[SUPER: Kimberly Cram/Solana Beach, CA]]
"i guess it 's part of nature though. this is their house we're playing in though. "
[VO: closing shot of Solana beach, ca]]
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JOHN MONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, SOLANA BEACH CALIFORNIA.
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