WELLINGTON, New Zealand - About 150 friends and family of a man killed in a shark attack wrote messages to him in the sand Thursday and stepped into the water at a New Zealand beach to say goodbye. Adam Strange, 46, was an award-winning television and short film director and the father of a 2-year-old girl. He was training for an endurance swim near popular Muriwai Beach on Wednesday when he was attacked by the shark that was possibly 14 feet (4 metres) long. Surf lifesavers say they are convinced it was a great white shark. Police attempting to save Strange raced out in inflatable boats and fired gunshots at the enormous predator, which...
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