Two shark attacks in three days off the Florida Panhandle have left one teen dead and a second seriously injured. The tragedies spotlight the real, though rare, danger of shark attacks. Yesterday a shark nearly severed the leg of 16-year-old Craig A. Hutto of Lebanon, Tennessee.

Yesterday's attack followed the death on Saturday of Jamie Marie Daigle. The 14-year-old from Gonzales, Louisiana, was fatally bitten by a shark as she boogie-boarded with a friend near Miramar Beach. was fatally bitten by a shark as she boogie-boarded with a friend near Miramar Beach.