We covered the shark attack on Todd Murashige at Crouching Lion on Oahu earlier this year. By Leila Fujimori, Honolulu Star-Bulletin Todd Murashige has lost his tan and shoulder-length hair. All his toes move, he's standing on his two legs and can bend his knees to a 130-degree angle. But the biggest changes in the 40-year-old Ahuimanu man since a shark chomped his … [Read more...]
Hawaii shark attack victim has big bills but a new outlook on life
We covered the shark attack on Todd Murashige at Crouching Lion on Oahu earlier this year. The Honolulu Advertiser published this follow-up story to those events. By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu Advertiser KANE'OHE, OAHU Todd Murashige will have to live with the vicious scars from an attack that ripped his thigh open to the bone — and with the feelings he has for the shark … [Read more...]
Shark Bite Victim Talks About Tiger Shark Attack
HONOLULU, HAWAII By Gina Mangieri When Todd Murashige recalls his shark attack Tuesday evening, it's not the pain that brings him to tears -- it's what his family must have felt hearing the news. "I told myself if I black out I'm gonna die, that's what I really felt in my gut so I called my wife and I called my mom." He'd been sitting on his board at the surf spot … [Read more...]
Shark Attack Shocks Oahu Community
KAAAWA, OAHU, HAWAIIBy Duane Shimogawa The day after a shark takes a bite out of a surfer and his board, warning signs continue to caution people to stay out of the water. Those signs are posted along the water at Kahana Bay in Kaaawa. Officials say the victim, a man in his 40s, was surfing when the shark chomped down on his right leg. The surfer was taken to Queen's … [Read more...]
Oahu Shark Attack: Surfer Recovering
Amateur surfer Todd Murashige was attacked Tuesday evening off the windward side of Oahu, by what is suspected to have been a large tiger shark. The Fear Beneath staff wishes Todd all the best for a speedy recovery. HONOLULU, OAHU By Ron Mizutani A 40-year-old Kaneohe man remains at the Queen's Medical Center recovering from a shark attack in Kaaawa. Todd Murashige … [Read more...]