Off the coast of Perth on a Friday morning, the ocean claimed Greg O'Neill, a 63-year-old swimmer and soon-to-be grandfather, in what authorities believe was a great white shark attack — the fourth such incident in Western Australia in as many months. His death has prompted a rare government order to locate and kill the suspected animal, and closed the beaches of Joondalup to a public already shaken by a season of loss. In the long and complicated relationship between human beings and the sea, this moment asks again the question that grief always surfaces: how much wildness can we share, and a
Perth swimmer killed in shark attack; 'catch and kill' order issued
Greg O'Neill, 63, was fatally attacked and killed; he was a devoted family man awaiting his first grandchild.