Amity beaches are open for business. The shark that claimed the lives of Wendy Watson and Alex Kintner has been caught and killed.
Marion Kintner offered a $3,000 reward to anyone who killed the shark that killed her son. Fisherman from all over flocked to the water in hopes of catching the shark.
Matt Hooper, a marine biologist out of the Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, MA inspected the shark. According to Hooper the shark was a Nurse Shark.
“Nurse Sharks are among the most brutal and dangerous of all sharks.” Said Hooper
There will be shark spotters from the Coast Guard, Marine patrol, Massachusetts State Police and several other organizations on the beaches throughout the Fourth of July weekend. They are there as a precaution. The waters in Amity are completely safe.
Citizens of Amity are told to keep an eye out as well. If anyone should see anything suspicious please call 1-800-sharksee
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
shark story day 3
A special meeting took place tonight at the Town Hall. In attendance was Mayor Bob Farley, Police Chief Martin Brody, the Amity Board of Selectman and many outraged citizens.
Prior to the meeting the halls of town hall were filled with Amity residents talking of Marion Kintner’s $3,000 reward for the killing of the shark that is rumored to have killed her son.
Alex Kintner was killed in the water off Village Beach yesterday around 2 p.m. No statement has been released as to the cause of Kintner’s death, but with this being the second water related death in two days the word “shark” is being widely used.
Wendy Watson was partying with her friends when she decided to go for a swim. Her mauled body was found the morning after washed up on South Beach.
The meeting got started quickly as Chief Brody was given the floor. Brody told the anxious audience that he planned to hire extra summer deputies and shark spotters.
“The beaches will be closed for 24 hours,” Chief Brody told the now infuriated crowd at the meeting. Brody tried explaining his plan to bring in shark experts as citizens yelled out. “24 hours is like 3 weeks.”
The room went silent as the sound of fingernails screeched across a chalkboard. The entire room slowly turned around to see Ben Quint sitting next to a picture of a shark on the chalkboard.
“I’ll catch this bird for you,” Quint stated. Quint, a fisherman, said he would catch the shark, but it would take more than $3,000. “I’ll find him for 3,000, but I’ll catch him and kill him for 10.” Quint didn’t want any help or support from the town, just the money.
Quint stated that the shark would terrorize our waters till caught, so if the town got the money together, the town would get the shark.
Prior to the meeting the halls of town hall were filled with Amity residents talking of Marion Kintner’s $3,000 reward for the killing of the shark that is rumored to have killed her son.
Alex Kintner was killed in the water off Village Beach yesterday around 2 p.m. No statement has been released as to the cause of Kintner’s death, but with this being the second water related death in two days the word “shark” is being widely used.
Wendy Watson was partying with her friends when she decided to go for a swim. Her mauled body was found the morning after washed up on South Beach.
The meeting got started quickly as Chief Brody was given the floor. Brody told the anxious audience that he planned to hire extra summer deputies and shark spotters.
“The beaches will be closed for 24 hours,” Chief Brody told the now infuriated crowd at the meeting. Brody tried explaining his plan to bring in shark experts as citizens yelled out. “24 hours is like 3 weeks.”
The room went silent as the sound of fingernails screeched across a chalkboard. The entire room slowly turned around to see Ben Quint sitting next to a picture of a shark on the chalkboard.
“I’ll catch this bird for you,” Quint stated. Quint, a fisherman, said he would catch the shark, but it would take more than $3,000. “I’ll find him for 3,000, but I’ll catch him and kill him for 10.” Quint didn’t want any help or support from the town, just the money.
Quint stated that the shark would terrorize our waters till caught, so if the town got the money together, the town would get the shark.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday Times
Like yesterday the almost car explosion in new york was all over the paper. Investigators has found where the attacker bought the car and are getting closer to finding him. I love reading articles like this because it is American ingenuity at its finest. Someone tries to to blow up a building, two days later we are very close to catching him. Another article I enjoyed was bout the Russian orphanages. I found it interesting that there are more orphans now, in Russia, than there were after WWII when million of Russians were killed.Another topic of discussion in today's paper was how bad is the oil spill. I can not believe that it is not fixed yet, with all of the technologies we have in today's world I wouldn't think it would still be a problem.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday Times
The big news today was the botched car bomb in New York City. The article especially stuck with me because of the author. The reporter posed a question asking why does this not happen more often. He answers it by talking of the heightened surveillance but I still found myself asking why? An article that surprised me was about Radical Islamic insurgents captured a major Somalia pirate port. For the insurgents this could be a new way to make money like the previous pirates. I think that this will cause more involvement from the the US and other nations in stopping the pirates in that area.
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