A teen is ready to go back to the ocean after being bitten by a shark in Gulf Shores, Alabama, while two people were bitten by sharks in Palm Beach County, and in New Jersey, a young girl was also bitten by a shark.
In Florida, a 50-year-old man was fishing March 31 at Lake Worth Beach when he was bitten on the knee. He was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center for a non-life-threatening wound.
A shark nipped a 12-year-old on her finger in New Jersey April 9. The unidentified girl was feeding stingrays at the time. Emergency services was contacted, and antibacterial spray was applied before the small wound was bandaged.
On April 11 in Florida, an adolescent male was swimming off Highland Beach around 3 p.m. when he was bitten near his big toe. The boy told rescuers a 4-foot-long shark darted toward him as he stood in the shallows but swam away after it bit his right foot. He was bandaged before being taken to Bethesda Hospital.
In Alabama, a vacationing teen says he wants to return to the Gulf of Mexico after being bitten by a shark in Gulf Shores April 12. Blake Berry, 17, was swimming with a friend in chest-deep water when he felt clamp-like pressure on his right foot. Stunned, he stood there for a few seconds before checking what he thought was a minor wound.
Once he exited the water, he realized it was a significant injury. Emergency services were called, and he was treated on the beach before being taken to the hospital.
Thankfully, the bite missed a major artery by a quarter of an inch, and he was able to leave the hospital with around 60 stitches. Despite being bitten by what doctors said was a bull shark, Berry plans to come back to the area to swim.
In 2020 another teen was bitten by a shark in Alabama. Maximus Chilton was swimming with his father and brother off Orange Beach July 31 when he was bitten on his foot.
The group was looking for shells on the sandbar when the waters began to fill with large 2- to 3-foot-long fish. Feeling weird, the group decided to swim the 80 to 100 yards back to shore. Max, who was the first to leave the sandbar, felt something grab his right foot. His dad looked to see a 4- to 5-foot shark swim away.
Max was taken to the hospital and has recovered well.
Locations have been marked on the 2022 Shark Attack Map.
