INJURED -- 8 July 2006 -- Playalinda Beach, Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, US -- swimmer attacked

A teenage boy (either 13 or 14) was bitten on the left calf by a shark while swimming off Playalinda Beach at Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, US on Saturday 8 July.

The boy was not identified.

The attack took place around 1pm while he was swimming with his mother. She told media she saw her boy being pulled under the water up to his neck then heard him scream.

The boy was taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville by ambulance and then airlifted to Orlando’s Arnold Palmer (Hospital for Women and Children) in stable condition.

There were no other details available at he time of this blog.

Sources:
Orlando Sentinel
Florida Today