One warm May day, two eighteen – year – old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers’ Beach. The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O’Neill. They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 meters. Robert was in front. “Suddenly, I heard him scream,” Shirley recalls. “I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air. The water seemed to be alive.” Robert screamed again. “It’s a shark! Get out of here!” An eye – witness, Army Sergeant Leo P. Day was on guard at the nearby army post. He saw exactly what