A juvenile boy was bitten by a shark whereas swimming off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Labor Day, officers stated.
The incident occurred round 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in Fb publish. The sufferer was airlifted by Trauma Star to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Officers notified the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee concerning the incident.
KEY LARGO FL – MARCH 25: Views from the Drift Lodge March 25, 2019 Abroad Freeway, Key Largo Florida (Photograph by Paul Harris/Getty Photographs)
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The boy’s present situation has not but been launched.
This assault marks the most recent in a sequence of shark encounters within the Florida Keys area. Final July, a 37-year-old man survived a number of bites from a bull shark whereas spearfishing close to a reef off Key West.
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