Suit of Shark Attack Victim

(Original Caption) San Francisco: Hospital attendant Credell Westbrook holds skin diving suit belonging to 21-year-old John Rochette who was severely slashed by giant shark off the Farallon Islands some 30 miles west of here January 11. The suit, which had to be cut off Rochette, shows dark splotch (center) after bleeding caused by multiple cuts high on both legs from "one bite by a large shark." Doctors at US Public Health Service Hospital where he was flown by helicopter reported Rochette will recover.
(Original Caption) San Francisco: Hospital attendant Credell Westbrook holds skin diving suit belonging to 21-year-old John Rochette who was severely slashed by giant shark off the Farallon Islands some 30 miles west of here January 11. The suit, which had to be cut off Rochette, shows dark splotch (center) after bleeding caused by multiple cuts high on both legs from "one bite by a large shark." Doctors at US Public Health Service Hospital where he was flown by helicopter reported Rochette will recover.
Suit of Shark Attack Victim
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Bettmann / Contributor
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515513806
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Bettmann
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11 January, 1963
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