Marine ecologist Mike Heithaus joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss three injured in two separate shark attacks off of Florida’s panhandle. The widow of Hawaiian lifeguard and actor Tamayo Perry spoke out about her husband's death after he was attacked and killed by a shark. Tamayo Perry, 49, a City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard, died Sunday after being bitten by a shark near Goat Island.
"I feel so upset and devastated, but I also have a weird calmness in my heart knowing that he's in a better place," Emilia Perry said in an interview with "Good Morning America " that aired on Wednesday. "It was like I went on the best 25-year vacation of my life with him, and now it’s over." The 49-year-old was a professional surfer and an actor who appeared in the movies "Blue Crush" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," and in an episode of "Hawaii Five-0.
" HAWAII LIFEGUARD KILLED IN SHARK ATTACK AFTER SURFING: ‘A TRAGIC LOSS’ Tamayo Perry of Hawaii in action during round three of the Billabong Pro trials May 4, 2003, at Teahupoo, Tahiti, French Polynesia. (Steve Robertson/ Getty Images) Emilia’s belief that her husband is in a better place comes from his devout Christian faith, she said. Even before he died, Tamayo reportedly texted his family, "I can’t wait to meet the king.
I’m excited, not scared. We got to pray and forgive and love." Emilia told the station her husband stood for "how to be a better human.
" "To love everybody when you have .
