US beachgoers return to scene of shark attacks

Beachgoers have cautiously returned to the ocean after two young people lost limbs in separate, life-threatening shark attacks in the same town in North Carolina.

US beachgoers return to scene of shark attacks

Beachgoers have cautiously returned to the ocean after two young people lost limbs in separate, life-threatening shark attacks in the same town in North Carolina.

A 12-year-old girl lost her left arm below the elbow and suffered a leg injury on Sunday afternoon - then about one hour and 20 minutes later a shark bit off a 16-year-old boy's left arm above the elbow just two miles away.

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