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PERSONAL REFLECTION: ‘We are here, Janine’ — my account of fatal Orient Beach shark attack

Mike Loewe · Daily Maverick
Published 22 Oct 2026, 6:43 am·9 min ago·1 min read
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Journalist and open-water swimmer Mike Loewe was in the water when his friend Janine Lochrenberg was fatally attacked by a shark at Orient Beach. He recounts the desperate attempt to save her, the heartbreaking realisation that a beloved friend had been lost and the powerful bond that will draw the open-water swimming community back to the ocean.

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