Shark attack details: Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, 13-Aug-1983

Date of attack:	Aug 13th 1983
Location:	Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Shark species:	Nurse shark
Name of victim:	Louis Goodman
Age of victim:	14 years old
Sex of victim:	M
Activity:	Skindiving
Injury:	Hand abraded when he grabbed shark's tail PROVOKED INCIDENT

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