Florida man in critical condition after shark attack

A “extreme chew” from a shark in East Florida on Friday has left a person in important situation from blood loss, authorities stated.

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Workplace Marine Unit stated they discovered the person on a ship. He was shedding a whole lot of blood from a important harm to his forearm.

“Performing swiftly, a deputy boarded the vessel and utilized a tourniquet to cease the bleeding,” the sheriff’s workplace stated.

An official then commandeered the watercraft and took the person to a ship ramp, the place native hearth rescue officers had been ready.

The sufferer was airlifted to hospital and stays in important situation, the sheriff’s workplace stated. He’s anticipated to get better.

The person was aboard a ship on the east coast of Florida when the shark assault occurred, officers stated.

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 girl had a part of her arm amputated after being bitten in Walton County in north-west Florida.

Together with the amputation she suffered “important accidents” to her hip, officers stated.

At one other seashore simply miles away and on the identical day, two teenage women had been attacked whereas within the water.

One of many women suffered “important accidents to the higher leg and one hand” whereas the opposite had minor accidents on certainly one of her ft, officers stated.

Shark assaults are extra widespread in Florida than in most components of the world.

In 2023, Florida had 16 unprovoked shark bit incidents, in response to 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 response to the College of Florida’s Worldwide Shark Assault File.