A Venezuelan man whose boat capsized off Aruba in the Caribbean has died after a shark attacked him in the middle of a rescue attempt by coastguards. 
 
 The Dutch Caribbean coastguard said the man, who was one of seven Venezuelan men thrown into the sea after their boat sank, was moments from safety when the attack took place. 
 
 In an extraordinary tale of terrible luck, spokesman Roderick Gouverneur said that the man was clinging to a rescue buoy when he was spotted by the coastguard helicopter, which lowered a rescuer to winch him to safety. 
 
 However, just as the rescuer was about to reach him, the man was attacked by a shark, suffering fatal injuries. 
 
 The rescuers were able to reach him after the attack, but the man died on Saturday on the way to the hospital. 
 
 Gouverneur said four others who held onto a refrigerator and pallet were recovering from dehydration after being rescued. 
 
 
 
 Two other men died when they sank with the boat. 
 
 The men were traveling from Bonaire to Aruba to sell whiskey. Venezuelans often travel on boats laden with goods to sell throughout the Dutch Caribbean islands. 
 
 It is not known what species of shark was responsible for the attack, but tiger sharks are common in Caribbean waters. 
 
 Associated Press contributed to this report 

 ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — One of seven Venezuelan men whose boat capsized near Aruba died after he was attacked by a shark while being rescued, the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard said Monday. Two other men perished when they sank with the vessel. 
 
 Spokesman Roderick Gouverneur told The Associated Press that the shark attacked the man as he was clinging to a rescue buoy and a member of the Coast Guard suspended from a helicopter was trying to rescue him. He said the man died Saturday on the way to the hospital. 
 
 Four other men who survived by holding on to a refrigerator and pallet were hospitalized in Aruba for dehydration. 
 
 The men were traveling from Bonaire to Aruba to sell whiskey when their boat capsized after it was hit by a wave, Gouverneur said. Venezuelans often travel on boats laden with goods to sell throughout the Dutch Caribbean islands.
– Either the man was incredibly unlucky, or the shark had a sick sense of humor. The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard says a shipwrecked Venezuelan man was moments from rescue when he was attacked by a shark near Aruba, the AP reports. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the man clinging to a buoy, but the shark seized him just as a rescuer was about to winch him to safety. He was injured and died on the way to the hospital on Saturday, officials say. Two other men died when their boat capsized, and another four were rescued and treated for dehydration. It isn't clear what kind of shark was involved, but tiger sharks are a common hazard in the area, the Guardian notes. (Selfies are still deadlier.)