{"id":4207,"date":"2025-08-23T19:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T19:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4207"},"modified":"2025-08-23T19:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T19:11:38","slug":"tragedy-at-sea-woman-swallowed-whol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4207","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy at Sea: Woman Swallowed Whol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tragic Ocean Attack<\/strong><br>In New South Wales, Australia, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong, a devoted Tathra Surf Club member, was fatally attacked by a massive shark during her routine swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had told friends she wasn\u2019t feeling well and turned back early, but never reached shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discovery<\/strong><br>The next day, only her goggles, swim cap, and partial remains were found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said the shark, likely a great white at least 13 feet long, \u201cwas such a size and it\u2019s consumed her basically completely, she wouldn\u2019t have even known it happened,\u201d said her husband, Rob Armstrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tribute<\/strong><br>The Surf Club honored her: \u201cShe was an experienced and committed member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swimming brought her much joy and many friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legacy<\/strong><br>Though the attack occurred in 2014, a viral YouTube video has brought her story back online, reminding the world of the sea\u2019s beauty and danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragic Ocean AttackIn New South Wales, Australia, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong, a devoted Tathra Surf Club member, was fatally attacked by a massive shark during her routine swim. She had told friends she wasn\u2019t feeling well and turned back early, but never reached shore. DiscoveryThe next day, only her goggles, swim cap, and partial remains were&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4208,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4207\/revisions\/4208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}