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January 15, 2010

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KIHEI, Maui Maui shark-bite victim Scott Henrich wants to apologize.

"Tell all the surfers that I'm sorry they couldn't go out today because they closed the beaches," said Henrich, 54, recovering at his K hei home yesterday after receiving 100 stitches in his right leg, where he was wounded by a 6- to 8-foot shark.

It was a 3-foot south swell, unusual for this time of year, that drew Henrich before dawn yesterday to a surf spot known as Kalama Bowls, a site normally mobbed by local surfers and surfing schools that cater to tourists. He had just paddled out about 300 yards around 6 a.m. and sat up on his board when the shark suddenly emerged from the water and clamped onto the surfer's leg...

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