INJURED -- 23 July 2008 -- New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US -- surfer attacked

 

A 15-year-old boy (name not released) was bitten on the foot by a shark on Wednesday 23 July 2008 while surfing near the inlet Jetty in New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States.

Lifeguards said he jumped off his surfboard in chest deep water and onto the shark, which retaliated by biting his foot.

He was taken to hospital and received several stitches for lacerations on his foot.

A beach witness told media: "He was bleeding real good but they had him wrapped up, but he had some deep lacerations on the top of his foot as well as the bottom."

No other details were reported.

Sources: Central Florida News 13

INJURED – 11 July 2008 – Isle of Palms, Charleston, South Carolina, US – swimmer attacked

A brief report in the Daily Comet says a 24-year-old man (name not released) was bitten by a shark on the forearm while swimming off the Isle of Palms, near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The incident occurred around 2pm on Friday 11 July 2008.

The man was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

No other details were reported.

Sources:
Daily Comet

INJURED – 9 July 2008 -- Emerald Isle, North Carolina, USA – swimmer attacked

Baileigh Foster, 14, was bitten on the right foot by a shark while swimming off Emerald Isle, North Carolina, US. Baileigh told media she was in waist-deep water at around 7.30pm when the shark bit her. It was Wednesday 9 July 2008.

She said she felt a sharp pain, “like being stabbed” on the top and bottom of her right foot.

She said the water was a little rough, and she had been pushed away from the rest of the group by about 10 feet. She and her cousin thought they saw something earlier that day that kind of looked like a lot of fish were swimming in one area but didn’t think it was anything to mention, she said.

“When I turned to go back to shore, it just bit me. There wasn’t any pulling. It was scary,” she said.

“It was just like 10 seconds. The shark just came up and bit me and let go like I was a small fish or something.”

Running out of the water screaming, she said no one thought anything was wrong because she had been screaming like that earlier while playing with cousins. But then her uncle looked at her face and saw her foot and yelled at all the other kids to get out of the water.

She underwent surgery at Carteret General Hospital to repair lacerations, a severed tendon and a fracture in her foot.

Sources:

Jacksonville News

Caronlina Coast

Photo credit:
Dylan Ray

FATAL? – 28 June 2008 -- Kamilo Point, Ka'u, Hawaii – diver attacked

A brief report out of Hawaii says the remains of the body of a diver who disappeared while “picking opihi (limpets)” was found with shark bite marks. An inquest has been opened.

Police were yet to positively link the remains to the diver - Nathan Labarios, 58, who was reported missing at 4:45pm Saturday by friends he was camping with at Kamilo Point, Ka'u, Hawaii. According to media reports they said they had last seen him around 11am before he left to pick opihi alone.

No other details were reported.

Sources:
Honolulu Advertiser