Perry was attacked whereas he was browsing close to Goat Island on Sunday afternoon, Shayne Enright of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department stated Sunday at a information convention that was streamed by CBS affiliate Hawaii News Now.
Honolulu Ocean Safety and town’s fireplace, police and emergency medical providers departments responded to Mālaekahana Beach on Oahu’s North Shore simply earlier than 1 p.m. after a caller reported seeing a surfer who appeared to have suffered shark bites and was fatally injured, Enright stated.
Lifeguards introduced Perry to shore by jet ski and paramedics assisted with the dying pronouncement, Enright stated.
Perry, who labored as a lifeguard on the North Shore, started his profession with the Ocean Safety division in July 2016, Enright stated.
Ocean Safety personnel posted shark warnings within the space following the assault, Enright stated.
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Honolulu Ocean Safety Acting Chief Kurt Lager, additionally talking on the information convention, stated Perry was “a lifeguard cherished by all.”
“He’s well-known on the North Shore. He’s knowledgeable surfer identified worldwide,” stated Lager. “Tamayo’s character was infectious, and as a lot as individuals cherished him, he cherished everybody else extra.”
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi echoed these sentiments, describing Perry as a “legendary waterman” who was highly-respected. He known as the dying “a tragic loss.”
Perry initially made a reputation for himself in Hawaii and past within the early 2000s, when fellow athletes started to be aware of his distinctive expertise, significantly when it got here to free browsing the North Shore pipeline, Surfer Magazine reported after his dying. He went on to forge a profession in Hollywood, making appearances within the movie “Blue Crush” in 2002 and the fourth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise in 2011. Perry additionally appeared in a 2011 episode of the TV collection “Hawaii Five-O.”
John Sullivan, an actor who labored with Perry on an episode of “Hawaii Five-O,” known as Perry the “nicest man on Oahu.”
“He broadcasted positivity wherever he went,” Sullivan instructed CBS News on Monday.
Deadly shark assaults doubled in 2023 in contrast with the earlier yr, based on the International Shark Attack File, a database that retains monitor of shark assaults reported all over the world. One of the 2 deadly incidents reported within the U.S. final yr occurred in Hawaii, though shark assaults general occurred most ceaselessly in Florida.
Officials warned individuals in each Florida and Hawaii to stay alert earlier this summer time after a collection of shark assaults occurred in each states on the identical day, CBS News nationwide correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reported. In Florida, two youngsters and a girl had been attacked by sharks in separate incidents that befell a number of miles from one another alongside a stretch of the Florida Panhandle. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, a girl was severely injured in a shark assault off the coast of Oahu.
