Household and buddies are mourning a Bellingham, Washington, girl who died in an obvious shark assault throughout a Hawaii trip earlier this month. Simply days earlier than her dying, Kristine Allen wrote she was “following goals” by studying to surf in Maui.
Allen, 60, vanished Dec. 8 while snorkeling as a big shark was seen cruising the waters close to Keawakapu Level in south Maui, her husband Blake Allen told The Bellingham Herald.
The U.S. Coast Guard, the Maui Fireplace Division and ocean rescue groups looked for the girl from the water and by sky to no avail, and the search was referred to as off after 40 hours.
Division of Land and Pure Sources spokesman Dan Dennison referred to as it a “doable shark-human encounter” at Dec. 9 information convention.
Kristine Allen, referred to as “Kristi” by her buddies, was a therapeutic massage therapist and life coach. A memorial is deliberate sooner or later in Bellingham, in keeping with her husband.
In her final public Fb put up, Kristine Allen informed buddies how a lot she was enthusiastic about her trip. “Following goals!” she wrote . “I’ve wished to study to surf for years. I’m dedicated to create a life I really like in huge and small methods.”
Allen and her husband had been each snorkeling when her husband and different witnesses reported seeing what was believed to be a Tiger shark swimming about 50 yards from shore. Blake Allen informed officers that he noticed the shark swim by however couldn’t see his spouse. The shark swam by a number of occasions earlier than he returned to shore and reported his spouse lacking, the Division of Land and Pure Sources stated.
A snorkel set and a part of a washing swimsuit had been discovered, Hawaii News Now reported.
The incident got here three months after a girl suffered a “serious” shark bite in a bay on Maui’s north shore.
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