two of wainwrights' friends saw bubbles coming from the water and called for help. police say the shark, a 10-foot great white surfaced and even nudged the dive boat as wainwright's friends retrieved his body. he floated to the surface and the shark was seen as they were leaving the area to come back into tompson's bay. >> we try to pride ourselves in collecting data to predict these animals. >> he has made a career of swimming toward these dangerous sharks. he says shark attacks like this one are all too familiar. >> i think of my own accident that happened a long time ago, but it was provoked. i hope the story that comes out is filled with accurate information. >> it's said it's important to understand shark behavior before determining whether there's a shark problem for if this was just an unfortunate incident. >> sometimes -- i hate to use this -- but it's just bad luck. he may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> he moved to australia to work with a marine company. his family says he had a passion for being on the water. >> last year there were 14

his family said wainwright had a passion to be on the water. >> he just loved it over there. amazing. it was just beautiful. the water, the fishing and the people he said everything was just fantastic. >> i think it was just wrong place, wrong time, because he was very wise. i would trust him with anything to do with being on the water. i always had complete confidence in his skills. >> reporter: saturday's fatal attack was the third off the western australia coast in two months. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >> stay with us. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. years worth. okay, so you mean you just ignore the environment. actually, it's cleaner. and, it provides jobs. and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. [ snoring ] [ clears throat ] hop to, gang. it's showtime. uh, do you know t

that guy in the middle of the picture is adam wainwright. the leader of this staff.ne, 1a with chris carpenter, but they lost him before he made a spring training start. hard to believe that the cardinals without somebody in his presence in the rotation could make it as far as they have in this fall classic. >> tim: you lose adam wainwright in spring training. tommy john surgery. he will be back next year. then chris carpenter is 1-7 in the first eight decisions. how did they do it? 10-1/2 back on august 25. one of the great runs in the history of the game over the last five weeks of the season. it carried over in the post season. >> joe: wainwright, 20-game winner last year. 19 the year before. freese pops it up right side and that will head out of play. strike one on david freese. freese with two rbi rbis, a ground-out an rbi double and a run scored. >> joe: the pitch is inside. 1-1. >> joe: a good fastball from ogando. strike two. >> tim: david freese may have had a back swing. come around to hit yorvit torrealba. let's see. yeah. i believe he hit him on the back

wainwright grew up in panama city, florida, and moved to australia six months ago for a new job.s family says wainwright had a passion for being on the water. >> he just loved it over there. he said it was just amazing. it was just beautiful. the nature of the water, the fishing, the people. he said everything was just fantastic. >> i think it was just wrong place, wrong time. because he was very wise. i would trust him with anything to do with being on the water. always complete confidence in his skills. >> authorities tried to catch that shark, but it got away. it's the third off the western australia coast in two months. >>> 14 jewish chaplains who gave their lives to save others are being given special recognition at the arlington national cemetery. the dedication ceremony was held today for a new memorial honoring those chaplains. that memorial sits side by side with the other memorials. this is the first time that fallen rabbis have been honored in one place at the cemetery. >>> coming up on 9news now, comedian will ferrell tries to pick up the pieces of his broken mark twa

george thomas wainwright, out with friends on a boat, went for a dive. but a trail of bubbles indicated something was wrong. then -- >> he floated to the surface, and the shark was seen as they were leaving the area. >> reporter: wainwright's horrified friends, both also from the u.s., tried to help, but it was too late. >> this is a tragic situation, and it's the third shark fatality we have had in only a matter of weeks. >> reporter: the first, a surfer, grabbed by a great white on september 4th. the next, october 10th, a businessman out for a morning swim, and now this. prompting some here to fear there could be a jaws man eater on the prowl. experts say there are also other possibilities. an increase in the number of whales migrating south this year, as well as more seals, mean more sharks lurking in the water. great white sharks are a protected species in australia. they can't be hunted. but this latest attack prompted a gra dramatic order from the government. >> within an hour of that situation occurring, the fisheries minister, and the government

this shark seen in the area shortly after the attack could be the one that killed thomas wainwrig wainwrightin ocean engineering. he hailed from the florida panhandle. he was a man with a passion for life and for the ocean who also adored australia. >> the day before, he sent us an e-mail about coming over to australia for christmas. >> reporter: on saturday, wainwright and two american friends took a boat to a picturesque island offshore from the city of perth. some fear there could be one predator responsible for three deadly attacks. scientists say it's more likely there were three separate sharks trailing the whales migrating through the area. authorities are doing everything they can to prevent another attack like this one. back to you. >> sarah james. that does it for news 4 at 4:00. >> news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> tonight on news 4 at 5:00, the trial under way. the case of a woman charged with murdering a co-worker inside a popular bethesda boutique begins. >> the debate renewed. experts consider expanding the use of a vaccine used for young women to young men. >> down and out

they said the bite marks on wainwright's body indicate a great white shark probably attacked him. his sister spoke with a cnn affiliate wnbb. >> i think it was the wrong place, wrong time. he was very wise, i would trust him with anything to do with being on the water. i always had complete confidence in his skills. >> he was an extraordinary person, he was one of a kind. and he, you know, like my sister said, he's more than just a quick news spot. he was our brother. and we loved him. and he will be missed. >> wainwright's death was the second fatal shark attack near perth in the past two weeks. >>> let's go 0 our friend, meteorologist rob marciano in atlanta. what are we expecting in terms of flight delays. >> a little bit. a weak storm moving across the great lakes and what's shaking in the tropics, still hurricane season. so what's happening down there is certainly of concern to us, we may something that's going to be making its way in our direction. first off, the travel delays like you wanted, atlanta, low clouds, detroit, cleveland, some thunderstorms in the morning and aft

this shark seen in the area shortly after the attack could be the very one who killed thomas wainwrighthe had come to texas to work in oceaneering. >> people don't realize they're trying to fly something around the size of a car. >> reporter: seen here in this corporate video from his previous job with bp oil company, wainwright explains how he worked with rovs to help cap the well at the heart of the april 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> growing up where i did and i spent a lot of time enjoying the gulf, and to be able to know we're going to get that under control and get things cleaned up and back to, you know, some resemblance of normal. >> reporter: wainwright originally hailed from the florida panhandle, and his sisters say he was a man with a passion for life and for the ocean, who also adored australia. >> the day before he sent us an e-mail about coming over to australia for christmas. >> reporter: on saturday, wainwright and two american friends had taken a boat to a picturesque island just offshore from the city of perth. he was scuba diving when the shark struck. >>

he may have been in the wrong place in the wrong time. >> wainwright moved to australia six months agowork for a marine company. his family says he had a passion for being on the water. we're told most attacks are provoked, meaning someone touched, poked, or aggravated the shark in some way. last year, 14 unprovoked attacks were reported. >>> now, there's typically one shark attack in australia every year. >>> now, for a look at stories you will find in the baltimore sun tomorrow morning. the community's effort to save this neighborhood rec center from closing. top boy and girl high school athletes and top chefs are cool lab tores on a new cook book. look for the updated forecast from the wjz's weather team. >>> the ax may be falling elsewhere in maryland, but not the coast guard in baltimore. workers there receive some very welcomed news from uncle sam. >>> the coast guard tall ship eagle is sitting high out of the water for repairs. it's here because this is the only coast guard shipyard. the one and only. >> that may help with job security for local workers, but with cuts in defense

engineer thomas wainwright is the third person killed by a shark in two months. he had been part of a team that capped the gulf oil spill. five months ago he decided to follow his dreams and move to australia for a new job. he was diving alone in the water saturday with two friends in a both of the friends noticed bubbles and his lifeless body. a great white, 10 feet long nudged their boat. >> can't even wrap your head around what happened. you just can't. >> we troy to focus -- try to focus on the great things. >> shark hunters try to lure them in. the family believes he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. >>> well, a florida woman is recovering after being attacked by an otter. witnesses say the otter was apparently attacking two dogs at the green oaks trailer park over the weekend. she tried to break it up but the otter turned on her. show was taken to the hospital. neighbors say someone was keeping the otter as a pet. >> they should have never been able to keep that otter at their lot. it's just bad, bad situation all the way around. they've done t

american diver killed by the great white shark, witnesses saw a great white shark george thomas wainwrightan recently worked in australia on a work visa third attack in australian waters and last two months search research shark researchers condemning the hunt on the endangered species no way to tell which shark killed george thomas wainwright. declaring if congress will not act he will president obama resorting to executive orders to improve struggling economy president driving home message in a loss biggest town hard hit by the housing crisis unveiling new guidelines to help owners refinance federal backed mortgages. still millions of americans who worked hard acting responsibly paying their mortgage payments on time now that homes are worth less than the zero on their mortgage having trouble getting refinancing even though mortgage rates are at record lows. now people whose columns all loans are underwater can apply for refinancing as long as they have been making payments last six months and they can avoid paying again for mortgage insurance by changing old policy to the new loan. firs

the family of thomas wainwright grieves. he's the third man killed by a shark in two months. the texas engineer had been part of the team that capped the gulf oil spill. just five months ago, he decided to follow his dreams and move to australia for a new job. >> he loved the water since he was a little boy. >> reporter: that love included diving. he was diving alone, his two buddies nearby in a boat. his friends noticed bubbles and then his friend's lifeless body. they say a great white ten feet long surfaced, brazenly nudging their boat as they headed for shore. wainwright talked to his family the night before. >> you can't wrap your head around what happened. you just can't. >> we try to focus on the great things that were his life. >> reporter: in the same waters, an australian swimmer was killed a few weeks ago. last month, near the same area, a shark said to be 15 feet long attacked and killed a body-boarder. now the hunt goes on. a hunt some call a pointless revenge. >> it's hard to locate the exact shark. and even if you did, the idea that a shark once it's tasted hum

and last week, george wainwright lost his life to a ten-foot-long gray white? australia. these attacks leave surfers wondering, it could happen to them? >> it could have been any one of us. >> officials at the beach have posted signs warning of the attack and urging people stay out of the water. >> yosemite park officials are asking for help in their third attempt to improve public access to the park and protect the ecosystem. park officials are trying to draw up a master plan. some say it could radically alter facilities, parking, and recreation, and possibly set limits on the number of visitors, park officials are asking the public to weigh in on everything from ping nick area placement to trail access. and i will have a series of meetings, including one in san francisco on november 9th. >> effects of a freak snowstorm on the east coast are expected to linger until mid-leak. the storms left three dead and three million people without power. >> reporter: scraping snow off your windshield is not a familiar sight for most in october. an unexpected sonoma pushed through the

you think about how this season started for the cardinals, losing adam wainwright, their number one startere year before. as punto flies into center. one out. in the obituaries that were being written at the end of august with those numbers, 10 1/2 out on august 25th, they won the wildcard on the final day of the season, they beat the phillies, they beat the brewers, and in the historic game 6 game back twice from a two-run deficit in the ninth inning and beyond, the ninth and tenth, and then won it in the eleventh, as theriot takes a strike from gonzalez. 0-2. >> tim: coming back from two-run deficits in the same game. you may remember back ten years ago, 2001, the great world series between the yankees and the diamondbacks when the yankees came back from a two-run deficit two games in a row, games four and five. >> joe: gonzalez has retired all three he faced in the eighth. >> tim: the dramatic martinez home run to tie it and then the tie in the next inning and the yankees win both ballgames. >> joe: here's allen craig. meanwhile the cardinals are shooting for their 11th world series titl

he was suffering from a fatal shark attack. >> reporter: wainwright was from texas.the western australian city of perth on a work visa. witnesses on the boat described the shark as ten feet long. >> obviously this is a tragic situation and it's the fethird shark fatality in a number of weeks. >> reporter: less than two weeks ago 64-year-old brin martin was killed by a great white during his morning swim. authorities are now trying to figure out if the same animal killed both men. >> the shark population is increasing. >> reporter: australia has some of the most shark-infested waters on earth, as i found out when i motored out off the coast with government officials recently. it is so bad here that the government actually sets up shark nets unsettlingly close to popular beaches. it is amazing that you've got sharks this close to the beach. >> oh, my word. >> reporter: great whites can be more than 20 feet long and 5,000 pounds, and they have the perfect set of jaws to cut you and they're not just lurking in australia. just days ago off the coast of oregon, a surfer na

you think about how this season started for the cardinals, losing adam wainwright, their number one startere year before. as punto flies into center. one out. in the obituaries that were being written at the end of august with those numbers, 10 1/2 out on august 25th, they won the wildcard on the final day of the season, they beat the phillies, they beat the brewers, and in the historic game 6 game back twice from a two-run deficit in the ninth inning and beyond, the ninth and tenth, and then won it in the eleventh, as theriot takes a strike from gonzalez. 0-2. >> tim: coming back from two-run deficits in the same game. you may remember back ten years ago, 2001, the great world series between the yankees and the diamondbacks when the yankees came back from a two-run deficit two games in a row, games four and five. >> joe: gonzalez has retired all three he faced in the eighth. >> tim: the dramatic martinez home run to tie it and then the tie in the next inning and the yankees win both ballgames. >> joe: here's allen craig. meanwhile the cardinals are shooting for their 11th world series titl

monitoring the coast of australia after a texas man was killed by a shark. 32-year-old george thomas wainwright was there in the water. his friendi ins pulled him back to the boat but it was too late. >>> dr. steven schaefer brought people to their feet as he held a bottle of propofol. explaining how he thinks michael jackson died. a scientist will be put on the stand today the challenge that theory. >>> new concern this is morning about bpa. researchers found mothers with high levels of bpa in pregnancy were more likely to have daughters that had troubles like behavior problems by age 3. >>> the 17th named storm of the season has formed. tropical storm rina is whipping up 40-mile-an-hour winds off the coast of cuba. it should slow sli drift before strengthening to a category 1 storm on friday. it will not threaten the us. >> good news there. >>> weather this morning from around the nation. a wet morning from the great lakes to the ohio valley. the rain moves into pittsburgh, buffalo, and syracuse by this afternoon and evening. look for a sprinkle around here in new york city, philadelphia, and

he will be missed. >> well wainwright's mother lives in panama city, florida, and says that his bodyill be returned within a week. >>> there have been tributes to dan wheldon as officials meet to discuss safety. garth brooks was one of those who gathered in indianapolis. his teammate felt a heart felt message. >> like you guys, i'm gratiful for the time we got to spend with him on earth, and although that bit of time is done, our time together, it is not over. we have our memories, we have our feelings, and one day, we will be with together again. it is not for that reason that i'm not -- it is that reason i am not saying good-bye to dan and not today or forever. good-bye is final, and our friendship won't end. so for now, i will simply say, i will see you later, i love you, my good friend. >> wheldon was a two-time indy 500 winner was killed a week ago in a season-ending race in las vegas, and there he is with his wife and child. >>> arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in north carolina to undergo two weeks of intensive rehab. her office says she will begin sessions in ashev

thomas wainwright included as -- encountered one on saturday and surfaced with fatal wins. >> it is a risk you take. it was the wrong place at the wrong time. >> the australian government issued a kill order for the shark. it could have killed others in recent weeks. the director of fisheries at the national aquarium. >> 95% of all cases, the shark bites. then it swims away. we are not good food. i would say we're not dealing with a rogue shark. >> all lured to the area. officials are picking hooks to find the sharks. >> my bet is it is long gone. it is searching for its normal prey items. >> he does not like the idea of hunting the shark but understands why the animal evokes so many primal fears. it features massive jobs -- jobs with row upon row of sharp teeth. this cousin can grow up to three times the size of the modern great white shark. >> despite the size advantage, they are more endangered by humans. >> when you compare it to the 100 humans' federal tax, fiber six were fatal. >> he hopes they will call at often rely more heavily on aerial surveillance to steer swimmers to safe

wainwright had been working in australia.lone when friends who were not in the water noticed a trail of air bubbles followed by a plume of blood. >>> a powerful piece of evidence may have emerged in the case of a missing baby girl in missouri. cnn has learned this

. >>> george wainwright was diving alone when he was attacked saturday.ird person to die in the jaws of a great white in that same area in two months. >>> from tragedy to a dream come true. a national guard soldier wounded at a shooting. this was at a nevada i-hop restaurant last month to become a bride, thanks to a little help from a few friends. >> reporter: it is kaitlin kelly's wedding kay. reno has never seen a wedding like this. >> what a blessing and what a sweet thing to do for someone to help make a tragedy into something glorious. >> reporter: the tragedy unfolded on this ihot in carson city. kaitlin was having breakfast with three national guards. the gunman shot himself. no one knows why he attacked but people do know the pain left behind. 25-year-old kaitlin now in therapy and haunted. >> i'm angry that i couldn't do more and i blame myself. >> reporter: kaitlin and her significant other fellow guardsman jason were already parents of 3-year-old aiden. after the attack amid the trauma, they decided to marry. enter terry bath who runs a garden

. >> george wainwright was a 32 year-old man living in the area. his passion for diving this week and cost him his life. this was the boat he had been using. the attack happened 500 meters from the beach. it was over in a few seconds. authorities have released a rare catch or kill alert. sharks are normally a protected species. so serious are these fatal trouble attacks been taken, the government says it must act. >> within one hour of this, the fisheries minister issued the order to allow the fishery officers to catch or destroy the shark. >> conservationists say the government is overreacting, especially as it is impossible to tell which shark carried out attacks. with the three deaths, triple the annual rate, the view is that for now, public safety has to be put above marine protection. bbc news in sydney. >> left for my new on gmt of our main story. the government in turkey says more than 260 people have been killed by the earthquake that hit the east of the country on sunday. more than 1300 people have been injured. many others remain unaccoun

deadly shark that killed a texas man off the coast of australia over the weekend. 32-year-old george wainwright of houston was driving near perth on saturday when he was attacked. his friends tried to save him, but the bites were too severe. a surfer was killed in september, and a swimmer was attacked two weeks ago. australian authorities have now issued a catch to kill order for all great white sharks, and some are unhappy about the move because great whites are an endangered species. >>> president obama is hitting the road again to present his jobs bill and set to announce new initiatives to boost the economy. the president will be in nevada today where he'll suggest a change in mortgage rules to make it easier for borrowers who face the loss of their homes to readjust the rates. another plan is a student loan initiative he'll unveil on wednesday in denver. neither of these moves requires congressional approval. so they could be put in place rather quickly. >>> and the united states is likely to lose his aaa credit rating from another agency by the end of this year. that's according to a fore

. >>> 32-year-old george wainwright of houston was diving near perth when attacked. his friends tried to save him. bites were too severe. a surfer killed in september. swimmer attacked two weeks ago. australian authorities have issued a catch to kill order for all great white sharks. some are unhappy about that move because great whites are an endangered species. >>> it has been nearly three months since a tragic crash, claimed the life of a popular high school student. today a community benefit to help raise money and promote healing. concert held on the ground of the vowelen tear fire department to help cover funeral expenses for 16-year-old jacqueline saeth and will help pay for medical expenses of sawyer smith injured in the crash. he was at the fund raiser and says he is thankful for all the support. >> everybody that was praying for me and everything. it really helped. and all of the support, like all of my friend, and everything, and have family coming out here. >> today's benefit raised more than $13,000 for the two families affected by the crash. meanwhile,

wainwright's family said he had a zest for life. >> tom was one of these unique, rare individuals.y. he had a great sense of humor. he was kind, and he was incredibly intelligent. he had a great passion for life. everything he did. >> reporter: a man who will be missed by many here and of course back in america. matt? >> sara james, thank you very much. justin and alison branner were with him when he died. good morning to both of you. my condolences. >> good morning. >> good morning, thank you. >> tell me about your friend. you had been diving with him on a number of occasions, known him for a very long time. he was someone who took the sport of diving seriously. he focused on safety, didn't he? >> absolutely. we all do. it's kind of engrained in us. we look at all the risk and you put the measures in place to have the safety factors and, but yeah, he was a very safety conscious individual, but you can't account for everything and just about in everything you do there's going to be some sort of risk you can't prevent. >> when it comes to the risks, alis alison, there had been some

wainwright was 32.ters in florida are now speaking out about the brother they loved. >> i think it was just wrong place, wrong time because he was very wise. i would trust him with anything to do with being on the water. >> he was funny, he was witty, he was the smartest person you would ever meet. he was an extraordinary person. he was one of a kind. >> reporter: well, this was the third deadly shark attack near the island this two months. marine experts say it's unlikely the same shark is responsible for all three attacks, but shark hundters are now attempting to lure the killer great white using hooks baited with tuna. critics say it will be impossible to identify this particular killer shark. wainwright, meanwhile, was an engineer. he moved to australia five months ago. his sisters say george loved australia and spoke fondly about the nature, the water, the fishing and the people. in fact, wanda and brenda were planning to visit their brother in australia this christmas. jon? jon: so sad. patti ann,

the latest victim was an american, 32-year-old george thomas wainwright, an avid diver from houston, who was working in australia. he was killed saturday apparently by a great white shark while diving alone near perth. two friends on a boat could see something was wrong. >> he floated to the surface, and the shark was leaving the area to come back. >> reporter: his friends tried to save him, but the shark bites were too severe. >> i extend my sympathy to this young man's friends and family, obviously a horrific incident and concern to australians. >> reporter: the two other incidents involved a surfer killed in early september and a morning swimmer attacked two weeks ago. there are now fears of a man eating predator on the prowl. while shark experts doubt one shark could be responsible, the latest attack led to a dramatic catch to kill order. >> within an hour of that situation occurring, the fisheries minister and state government authorized that the shark be caught and destroyed if possible. >> reporter: using helicopters, boats and bait and hooks, shark hunters are in pursuit as o

officials say 32-year-old george wainwright of houston was killed by a shark in the waters after perth. >>> it is almost three weeks now since the mystery that's gripped much of this nation. what happened to little lisa irwin, the kansas city baby who vanished from her crib, triggers a desperate search. abc news is the only network to gain access to a crucial location in that room, the parents' bedroom. matt gutman is in kansas city tonight. >> reporter: this is the first look inside the master bedroom in baby lisa's home, where cadaver dogs detected the scent of a human corpse. cindy short, the family attorney, gave abc news a tour after a police search this weekend. >> had the dog in here and it allegedly alerted. you might notice as you walk around that there's no carpet taken from this room. >> reporter: short noted from the little evidence taken, it wasn't clear why investigators spent 17 hours here. >> and it almost seems as if that was more for the public's benefit than for the benefit of doing a thorough search in the house. >> reporter: deborah bradley admitted she was drinkin

thomas wainwright was visiting from texas to work in ocean engineering.s is the third fatal attack in the same area of australia this year. >> there will be a helicopter in the air tomorrow which will be a temporary arrangement until the other helicopter rides. >> it is likely there is more than one shark responsible. >> with the bicentennial of the war of 1812, the state is planning quite a number of events. they will house some very important artifacts from the war. >> next year is the bicentennial of the war of 1812. it brought glory and fame to our new nation. >> i did not know there were so many people interested. >> member is toward the bicentennial museum. dr. harmon is the director of the museum and describes some of the items on display here. >> and someone on board the constitution decided to use a sea anchor. this spliced together a mile long length of line. they would then pull the ship up. it was everything but the rum, you can be assured. >> for those visiting, the war of 1812 holmes a special significance. >> john adams considered it our vi