“He lost a lot of blood after being bitten by a shark in the forearm.” Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said, “He was bleeding pretty badly.”
An official said that a man is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark on the eastern coast of Florida.
Nassau County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) posted on social media on Friday, June 28, that around 11:15 a.m. that day, officers reacted to a call about a shark bite. They also said, “A man on board his ship had been badly bitten on the right arm.”
Leeper, the sheriff of Nassau County, said in a video that the NCSO marine unit was cruising around Amelia Island when they got the call for help and “headed” toward the man’s boat. He said that they were finally “flagged down” and got on the man’s boat.
No name was given for the guy, but the sheriff’s office said deputies found him “with a critical injury.”
Leeper said, “He had a bad shark bite on his forearm here and lost a lot of blood.” “It was a pretty bad wound.”
He said that a deputy “quickly evaluated” him and then “put a tourniquet on his arm to stop the bleeding.” The sheriff’s office released pictures of the event, which showed an officer putting the tourniquet around the man’s right arm while he was lying down on a medium-sized boat.
Leeper says the deputy then “piloted” the man’s boat to the Dee Dee Bartels boat ramp, where the Fernandina Beach Fire Rescue was already waiting.
It was said that the deputy was a hero when he got there and took care of things.
As per the Sheriff’s Office, the guy was “immediately airlifted to a nearby hospital” to get medical help. The man was in critical condition, but authorities said he was “expected to recover.”
The police did not give any more information about what happened before the man was hit.
CNN reports that earlier this month, three people were hurt by sharks near Walton County beaches on the western shore of Florida, all within 90 minutes of each other. Two people were said to be in critical condition, and the third person was said to be in good condition.
On its website, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that shark behavior “is at its peak in Florida waters from April to October.” It did say, though, that shark bites are “very rare.”
The commission’s website said, “In Florida, a person is 30 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark. Experts agree that the rise in the number of shark bites over the past few years is more likely due to more people visiting than to more sharks or more activity.”
Source: PEOPLE
