You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Fisheries officials were given permission to kill the shark, believed to have been an endangered white pointer up to four metres long, but they never found it. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. On November 6, 2000, just north of Perth's popular Cottesloe Beach, Ken Crew, 49, on his regular morning swim, died after he lost his leg in a shark attack. What WA deal got investors hearts racing? Police in Western Australia have called off a search for a swimmer attacked by a shark. Fr Morrison said: "I was in the cafe, and heard the shout, 'Shark attack'. November 6, 2000: Businessman and father of three Ken Crew, 49, died after his leg was torn off by what fisheries officers believe was a four-metre great white shark. Here's what they think of a Voice to Parliament, Women charged with criminal neglect after children were found living in 'uninhabitable' Adelaide home, Soccer spectator accused of punching out teeth of referee in 'outrageous attack' refused bail, MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo remembered for 'wicked sense of humour' as it happened. He has been swimming at the beach for "62 years, maybe longer" and he has only crossed the path of a shark once. They've got no other hobbies. Mr Crew's friend Dick Avery, 52, tried to fight off the shark with his bare hands and suffered deep wounds to the lower leg and feet. ", Kim Gamble, who saw the attack from the balcony of his cafe, said: "There was a whole sea of blood. Suzanne Harding was at the beach and about to go in the water when a woman stopped her and said, "Don't go in there, there's been a shark sighting.". Subject: A grandmother tries to defend her family from a crocodile attack. Shark kills bather yards from family beach - The Telegraph