'It was by far the most horrifying moment of my entire life,' survivor Deborah Scaling-Kiley said, recalling seeing her friend killed.
For days, the party floated on a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina, without food, water, or emergency equipment,Sharks are abundant in this region, with species including the blacknose, dusky, great white, hammerheads, and tiger sharks inhabiting the waters. The latter is one of the biggest and
sank, and suffered cuts to her arms and legs. Her blood mixing with the water likely attracted sharks to the stranded party. The creatures have a powerful sense of smell which enables them to detect preyA stock image of a tiger shark, the species which attacked the Trashman crew.Survivors Deborah Scaling-Kiley and Brad Cavanagh watched as sharks devoured their boat mates over the course of five days.
In a similarly unstable state, their friend Mark Adams told the others he was heading to the store to buy beer and cigarettes. Scaling-Kiley and Cavanagh tried to save their friend, but they couldn't stop him jumping into the water.Scaling-Kiley recalled:"It was by far the most horrifying moment of my entire life."
Cavanagh toyed with the idea of eating her, but decided against it as she was so sick when she died. The pair took the tough decision to give her a makeshift funeral, reciting the Lord's Prayer and Psalm 23, before removing her clothes and pushing her naked body into the ocean. They kept her jewelry and shirt to return to her family.
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