Beach Closed Due to Shark Attack
In a crowded room, Mayor Larry Vaughan announced that the beach will be closed for 24 hours. The room of about two and a half dozen people came together to talk about the problem that has caused the death of two citizens over the past two days.
So far the shark has claimed the lives of Wendy Watson, 17, and Alex Kintner, 10, and the tourist board is worried about a higher death toll.
With the busy summer months upon us, this is the worst time to have something of this magnitude happen for a town which normally thrives as a tourist location.
One of the victim’s mothers has posted a $3,000 reward for anybody that catches it.
One man in the audience spoke up over the panicked commotion to give some much needed insight and make his own proposal. Sam Quint, a local fisherman said that it would take $3.000 for him to just find the elusive fish.
“I’ll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing,” Quint said.
Mayor Vaughan seemed a little less willing to pay the steep price and Quint left the room. For somebody that makes his life fishing, it seemed like the price was too much, but as Quint said, this will hurt the town the longer it goes on.
“We gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis,” Quint said.
Chief Martin Brody laid out a plan on how the town will try to apprehend the fish. “We are starting the summer deputies early and will have shark spotters present to try and see it first,” Brody said.
This was received with not much enthusiasm as it seemed that this was no sure way of making sure this would not happen again.
Will the precautions the police and town have set up be enough to keep the public safe, or is the better bet to hire someone to take care of this shark? Unfortunately for the citizens and tourists to Amity, they will have to wait and see.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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