A Florida beach located in what’s known as the “Shark Bite Capital of the World” saw twoshark attacks in two days during the holiday week.
Friday, a 26-year-old man visiting New Smyrna Beach on Florida’s east coast, was bitten on the foot while wading in an inner tube in approximately five-feet of water, according to Volusia County Beach Safety spokeswoman Tamra Malphurs.
The day prior, a 21-year-old playing football in knee-deep water at the same beach was also bitten on the foot. Both victims were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Shark attacks are rare and have occurred less frequently in recent years. But, more reports could be expected as the chances of an attack increase throughout the summer months when more people spend time in the ocean.
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Shark attacks around the US so far this year
In addition to the attacks at New Smyrna Beach, two people were bitten by a shark at South Padre Island, a popular tourist destination on the Southeast Texas Coast, on the Fourth of July.
A man in his 40s on a boat offshore of Amelia Island in Northeast Florida suffered a severe shark bite to his forearm and was rescued and airlifted to a hospital for treatment in late June.
That same month, a 14-year-old was attacked in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, and “Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry died after being fatally injured by a shark in Oahu,…
