{"id":33391,"date":"2017-12-04T18:14:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=33391"},"modified":"2017-12-04T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:47:26","slug":"new-york-based-india-origin-woman-equity-director-killed-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/new-york-based-india-origin-woman-equity-director-killed-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"New York based India origin woman equity director killed by shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Indian origin equity director in a New York firm was killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rohina Bhandari, 49, suffered fatal bites to both her legs in the shark attack on Thursday when she had gone scuba diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland, New York Post reported on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhandari was hauled out of the water after sustaining severe bites to her legs, said media reports quoting Costa Rica\u2019s Environment Ministry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Park guards and medical personnel vacationing on the island launched a frantic effort to treat her wounds, but Bhandari, a senior director at WL Ross &amp; Co. LL, could not be saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhandari was ascending to the surface at the Manuelita dive site when her 26-year-old diving guide noticed the shark, which he described as a female tiger shark. The guide, identified only by his last name Jim\u00e9nez, tried to scare the shark off, but it was too late. The shark mauled Bhandari, leaving severe bites on both of her legs, Costa Rica\u2019s Ministry of Environment and Energy said in a news release, according to Washington Post. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The diving guide master also suffered a shark bite but those injuries were not life-threatening. The instructor, who was conscious and in relatively stable condition, told officials that the shark attacked when his group was surfacing at the tail end of the dive. A boater and other divers tried to drive the creature away but it was too late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33397 \" src=\"http:\/\/s3apnlivemumbai.s3-website.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com\/apnlive\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rohini-Bhandari.jpg\" alt=\"Rohini-Bhandari\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhandari lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and was described by the New York Daily News as \u201ca regular presence on the Manhattan charity circuit.\u201d She was reportedly planning to visit her relatives in Bengaluru on her 50<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> birthday in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger sharks are predators often found around Pacific islands. One of the largest sharks in the world, Tiger sharks are known for their powerful jaws and voracious appetites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media reports quoting officials at the Cocos Marine Conservation Area said the attack was an isolated one. In 2012, researchers visiting the island tagged five tiger sharks \u2014 two males and three females. The females were the longest, measuring at more than 13 feet. The sharks are most active at the diving sites in the afternoon and early morning hours, but had not presented a threat until Thursday, the ministry reportedly said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cocos Island National Park, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997, is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. The remote island is world famous for its diving, during which tourists can spot rays, tuna, dolphins, and about 14 species of sharks, including the whale shark and hammerhead shark, the ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tiger sharks were not in the area for about 30 years and returned about a decade ago, La Naci\u00f3n reported.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An Indian origin equity director in a New York firm was killed in a shark attack while scuba diving off the coast of Costa Rica. 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