ENCINITAS, Calif. — A teenage boy has been bitten by a shark at a Southern California beach. The attack occurred around 7 a.m. Saturday at Beacon's Beach in Encinitas, north of San Diego, KSWB-TV reports. Witness Chad Hammel told the TV station the victim was lobster diving. Hammel said he heard screaming and then realized the boy was yelling, "I got bit!" Hammel was also lobster diving with a group, and they pulled the boy onto a kayak and headed to shore as the shark followed. The group applied pressure to the wounds while beachgoers called paramedics, who put the victim in a helicopter. The 13-years-old victim was airlifted to Rady Children's Hospital, the Los Angeles Times reports. His condition was not released. California's spiny lobster season opened at 6 a.m. Saturday. … [Read more...] about Shark attacks teen at Southern California beach
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Two Children Bitten In First New York Shark Attack In 70 Years
Two children are thought to have been bitten by sharks while playing on Fire Island National Seashore in New York, in what may be the state’s first attack in 70 years. The victims - a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy - were playing in surf a few miles apart from each other when they were injured on Wednesday. They were discharged after emergency medical treatment, each with a bandaged right leg, and both are expected to fully recover. A suspected shark’s tooth was extracted from the boy’s leg and will be analysed to determine the species of the creature he encountered while boogie-boarding at Atlantique Beach in the town of Islip, officials said. The girl, identified at a news conference afterwards with her parents as Lola Pollina, said she was standing in waist-deep water at Sailors Haven beach in nearby Brookhaven, two miles east of Islip, when she was bitten. “I saw something, like, next to me, and I kind of felt pain, and looked and I saw a … [Read more...] about Two Children Bitten In First New York Shark Attack In 70 Years
Two kids, 12, and 13, savaged by sharks on New York beaches in first attacks in 70 years
TWO kids have been savaged by sharks in New York in the first attacks to hit the state in 70 years. A 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were both bitten on their legs a few miles apart from one another on Wednesday. Following the attacks beaches on Fire Island were shut and two sharks were caught nearby, although it is unclear if they were responsible for the bites. What appeared to be a shark's tooth was removed from the boy's leg and will be analysed to determine the species he was bitten by while boogie-boarding off Atlantique Beach on Fire Island. Schoolgirl Lola Pollina said she was standing in waist-deep water at Sailors Haven beach, also on Fire Island about 2miles east of Atlantique Beach, when she was bitten. She said: "I saw something, like, next to me, and I kind of felt pain, and looked and I saw a fin. "I thought it was a shark, because we were at the beach, so it wasn't like it could have been a tiger or something." Lola added she realised her leg was "all bloody" as … [Read more...] about Two kids, 12, and 13, savaged by sharks on New York beaches in first attacks in 70 years
Two children fall victim to first New York shark attacks’ in 70 years
Two children have fallen victim to separate shark attacks off the coast of New York - the first time such incidents have been reported in the area in seventy years. A 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy were bitten on the legs miles apart from each other on Wednesday.The incidents resulted in some beaches being closed, and two sharks were reported to have been caught nearby later in the day - although they were not confirmed to be the creatures responsible.The girl, Lola Pollina, told a press conference she had been standing waist deep in the water, and rushed back to the shore with a bloody leg after she had been bitten."I saw something, like, next to me, and I kind of felt pain, and looked and I saw a fin," she said of the attack, at Sailors Haven in Brookhaven."I thought it was a shark, because we were at the beach, so it wasn't like it could have been a tiger or something."Lola believed the animal that bit her had been around 90cm-122cm (3-4ft) long. Shark attacks are … [Read more...] about Two children fall victim to first New York shark attacks’ in 70 years
2 children apparent victims of shark attack off Fire Island in New York
TOWN OF ISLIP, N.Y. -- Two children were recovering Wednesday night after officials say they were bitten by a shark off Fire Island, CBS New York reports. The 13-year-old boy was bitten in the water around noon at Atlantique Beach, while the 12-year-old Lola Pollina was bitten around the same time at Sailor Haven Beach. She says the water was so cold she didn't feel anything, but there's little doubt the creature that chomped on her leg was a shark. "It was a 10-inch orangey body and then there was a fin and then I got out, and my leg was bloody," Lola said. "We went to the lifeguards, we ran up to them and they kind of bandaged it." Lola was in waist-deep water roughly 10-feet off the shore when it happened. Her mother snapped photos and took to social media to share them. "I saw a lot of thrashing and her trying to get to me," mom Barbara Pollina said. Lola wasn't alone, with nearly identical bandaging slapped on the 13-year-old victim who had been boogie boarding just four and … [Read more...] about 2 children apparent victims of shark attack off Fire Island in New York