‘I wasn’t willing to risk the lives of my shipmates. I made the call’
A U. S. Coast Guardsman aboard the USCG Cutter Kimball opened fire on a Mako shark that got too close to crewmembers swimming in the water. About 40 crewmembers were swimming in the Pacific Ocean earlier this week when the predator was spotted, prompting ME1 Samuel Cintron, who was on “shark duty,” to begin shooting.