U.S. woman injured in shark attack in Turks and Caicos
The woman remains hospitalized in what police described as serious condition.
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The woman remains hospitalized in what police described as serious condition.
Several shark attacks have occurred in the days leading up to Memorial Day weekend. A 15-year-old surfer survived an encounter in the waters off New Jersey on Sunday. Nikki Battiste reports.
The 15-year-old said she fought against the shark that bit her foot, then got out of the water to get aid.
Two fishermen are recovering after being bitten by sharks in separate incidents over the course of 36 hours in waters off Florida.
In separate incidents in Florida, a 20-year-old man was bitten by a shark on Thursday and a 35-year-old man was bitten by a shark on Friday night, officials said.
A man fishing off the coast of Hawaii was attacked by a shark. He managed to kick the shark and escape unharmed, capturing the whole ordeal on video.
"I saw his board tombstoning, which means he's underwater and his board's getting dragged under," a witness said.
Simon Nellist was killed when a great white shark attacked him in the waters near Sydney in February 2022.
"The water was red - with my blood," Mike Morita said. "I cannot believe how much courage my friends had."
Swimmers were warned to stay out of the waters off the island of Oahu after a surfer was bitten by a shark on Sunday. The 58-year-old was rushed to the hospital in serious condition.
The shark bit the surfer's leg, EMS said, adding that it "administered life-saving treatment."
The man who taped a chaotic shark feeding frenzy off the coast of Venice, Louisiana, said he'd "never seen anything like it."
While none of Florida's 16 unprovoked attacks were fatal, two resulted in amputations, according to the report.
The 16-year-old was pulled from the Swan River with critical injuries.
Video captured the scary moment a shark lunged at and bit an 8-year-old boy during a family fishing trip in Australia. It resulted in only a minor bite mark.
"You're more likely to be bitten by a New Yorker," one expert said.
Kristine Allen vanished Dec. 8 while snorkeling as a large shark was seen cruising the waters in south Maui, her husband said.
"It was hectic," one witness said. "It was brutal."
The woman never made it back to shore, but a snorkel set and part of a bathing suit were reportedly found.
Lyn Jutronich gave her first interviews from her hospital bed where she is recovering after the shark bit her leg.
The beach is now closed for at least 48 hours under the city of Del Mar's shark bite protocol.
Surgeons stapled shut his open wounds, which spanned nearly 19 inches or the length of the shark's mouth.
The victim was bitten by an unknown species of shark after he had speared a fish, authorities said.
"Two in one area is almost unheard of," one expert on South Africa's great white shark population tells CBS News.
The woman was a passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and had been snorkeling on an "independent shore excursion," a spokesperson for the cruise line said.
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