Man, 21, attacked by shark at Florida seashore

A 21-year-old man was bitten by a shark at a Florida seashore.

The unidentified man, of Deland, was browsing at New Smyrna Seashore round 3 p.m. on Friday when he was attacked by a shark, struggling accidents to his foot.

He was transported to the hospital by the Volusia County Emergency Medical Providers, in accordance with Fox 35 Orlando.

The person was browsing close to the south jetty space when the shark assault him, the outlet stated.

He suffered non-life-threatening accidents.

That is the second shark chew to occur within the county this yr. New Smyrna Seashore is thought to be the shark chew capital of the world.

Volusia County noticed seven shark bites final yr, which had decreased from the 17 in 2021, in accordance with the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Florida, alone, had 16 of the 57 unprovoked shark bites on the planet final yr, with a lot of them being reported on Volusia.

Final month, a 12-year-old from Philadelphia was bitten by a shark in Cocoa Beach, Florida, leaving her with 50 stitches in her leg.

Magnolia Woodhead was on the town for a gymnastics competitors and had gone to the seashore together with her household when a shark chew her twice.

“Proper once I received out of the water, I simply began screaming as a result of I knew that it wasn’t good,” Woodhead advised FOX 35 in Orlando.

She had round 75 to 100 puncture wounds in her thigh after the assault. When her father pulled her out of the water, her mom bear in mind seeing her daughter dripping in blood.

After receiving therapy, she had to make use of a wheelchair to get round whereas her leg healed.

In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul introduced on Friday that the government would be deploying 60 drones to the state’s beaches to assist with shark recognizing after 5 assaults occurred round July 4.

As a part of the $1 million plan, the state has activated scores of drones — including dozens to the already existing set of 18 — with the hope of defending towards harmful shark encounters.

“Individuals didn’t suppose so much about sharks till 1975 till Jaws premiered in all of the theaters,” Hochul stated. “We went from having as soon as shark encounter in 2012 to eight a decade later.”