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February 21, 2020

Hawaii man honored for fighting off tiger shark

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Paddleboarder Triston Kahookele-Santos earned the Civilian Medal of Valor, the Maui Police department's highest civilian honor, for using his board to fight off an attack by a tiger shark to protect members of a tour group he was leading.

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A paddleboarder earned the Maui Police department's highest civilian honor for fighting off an attack by a tiger shark to protect members of a tour group he was leading.


 
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