Charles Vansant
Charles Vansant was the first recorded shark attack fatality in U.S. history, occurring in 1916 while he was vacationing in Beach Haven, New Jersey. A recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the son of a Philadelphia doctor, his tragic death marked the beginning of a series of unprecedented shark attacks that instigated widespread panic along the Atlantic coast.
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Bolivia:
Charles Vansant was the first recorded victim of a shark attack in U.S. history.
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Uruguay:
Charles Vansant was the first victim of the shark attacks in 1916.
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