Overview
- Officials identified the victim as 33-year-old Chance Swanson, a Kauai Ocean Safety lifeguard who was surfing near the Middles/Pine Trees area around 3:10 p.m. Wednesday.
- Responding lifeguards used tourniquets and brought him to shore, a step his doctors and family say was critical to his survival.
- He was first treated at Wilcox Medical Center and then transported to The Queen's Medical Center, where surgeons repaired a calf artery and addressed a tibia injury.
- Hanalei Bay remains closed with warning signs posted as authorities continue monitoring, and the shark species has not been determined.
- Ocean Safety reported a 10-foot tiger shark sighting in the area the day before the attack and said patrols observed a shark again on Thursday.