Crew from a rescue helicopter saw what appeared to be a large tiger shark circling the body in the waters northwest of Hanalua Gulch
NORTH KOHALA, Hawaii — Big Island firefighters could not recover a body floating offshore because a shark pulled it underwater on Sunday, emergency officials said.
Hawaii County Police planned to notify the victim’s family Sunday night after they recovered a backpack and belongings at the top of a cliff in North Kohala, authorities said. Firefighters went to the area at about 11 a.m. after hikers reported a body floating face down about 27 metres from shore at the bottom of the steep cliff, officials said.The crew lowered a rescuer in a special ocean-rescue net, but a bystander reported the shark took the body underwater, officials said.
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