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Wall Street fund manager, Rohina Bhandari, killed by shark while diving in Costa Rica

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Wall Street big whig killed by shark while diving in Costa Rica<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Rohina Bhandari&comma; suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while off diving with a group near Cocos Island<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Bhandari&comma; 49&comma; a fund manager&comma; was a senior director at WL Ross &amp&semi; Co&period; LL&comma; a firm founded by <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;">Commerce<&sol;span> Secretary Wilbur Ross<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-286167" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;Rohina-Bhandari-right-with-Jeffrey-Rosenthal-center-Kim-Standish-and-Kim-Standish-in-2014&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rohina Bhandari &lbrack;right&rsqb; with Jeffrey Rosenthal &lbrack;center&rsqb;&comma; Kim Standish and Kim Standish in 2014&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"960" &sol;><&sol;strong>Fund Manager&comma; Rohina Bhandari &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; seen here in a 2014 photo with Jeffrey Rosenthal &lbrack;center&rsqb; and Kim Standish &lbrack;left&rsqb; was killed by a tiger shark off the remote Isla del Coco&comma; near Costa Rica&comma; on Thursday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>A Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rohina Bhandari&comma;  who lived in Manhattan&comma; New York suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday while diving with a group of friends in the waters near Cocos Island&comma; a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland&comma; the environment ministry said in a statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bhandari&comma; 49&comma; was a senior director at WL Ross &amp&semi; Co&period; LL&comma; a firm founded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross&comma; and often attended New York City charity events&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Colleagues in the financial community and friends have reacted with shock to her death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unbelievably sad and heartbreaking news that Rohina has died&comma;” posted Julie Walker&comma; one of her Facebook friends&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She was such a wonderful person who loved life&period; I will always remember her kindness&comma; friendship and our adventures together&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a report in the local La Nacion&comma; it was the group’s diving guide that noticed a tiger shark approaching underwater and tried to scare it away&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But as they surfaced&comma; the shark swam directly at Bhandari and began biting her legs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The guide tried to assist&comma; and also got bitten&comma; according to the report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A group of doctors&comma; also diving in the area&comma; ended up declaring the woman dead at the scene<br &sol;>&NewLine;The injured guide was taken to a hospital&comma; reportedly conscious and in relatively stable condition&period; He told officials that the shark attacked when his group was surfacing at the tail end of the dive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A boater and other divers tried to drive the creature away but it was too late&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Upon reaching the surface&comma; the attack on the tourist was already serious&comma;” the ministry said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tiger sharks are aggressive  predators&comma; often found around Pacific islands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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