A “extreme chew” from a shark in East Florida on Friday has left a person in essential situation from blood loss, authorities mentioned.
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Workplace Marine Unit mentioned they discovered the person on a ship. He was dropping a whole lot of blood from a essential harm to his forearm.
“Performing swiftly, a deputy boarded the vessel and utilized a tourniquet to cease the bleeding,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
An official then commandeered the watercraft and took the person to a ship ramp, the place native hearth rescue officers have been ready.
The sufferer was airlifted to hospital and stays in essential situation, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. He’s anticipated to get well.
The person was aboard a ship on the east coast of Florida when the shark assault occurred, officers mentioned.
The incident comes on the heels of two separate shark assaults that injured three swimmers within the Gulf Coast of Florida earlier in June.
One of many girls had a part of her arm amputated after being bitten in Walton County in north-west Florida.
Together with the amputation she suffered “essential accidents” to her hip, officers mentioned.
At one other seaside simply miles away and on the identical day, two teenage women have been attacked whereas within the water.
One of many women suffered “vital accidents to the higher leg and one hand” whereas the opposite had minor accidents on certainly one of her ft, officers mentioned.
Shark assaults are extra widespread in Florida than in most components of the world.
In 2023, Florida had 16 unprovoked shark chew incidents, in line with the College of Florida’s Worldwide Shark Assault File.
That makes up 44% of the US whole and 23% of the worldwide whole.
There have been no fatalities from shark assaults final yr within the state.
There are round 70 to100 shark assaults yearly worldwide, which kill about 5 individuals, in line with the College of Florida’s Worldwide Shark Assault File.
