Three people are recovering after being bitten by sharks in Florida.
Near Key Biscayne, an unidentified swimmer, 36, was rushed to shore after being bitten by a shark April 2.
The injured man, who had a 1-inch puncture to his lower leg, was carried into No Name Harbor by a boat, before being transferred to another vessel.
City of Miami Fire Rescue personnel and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers met the man and lifted him over the Harbor’s seawall. The man was then transported to Mercy Hospital in stable condition.
Two days earlier, on March 30, a shark bite was reported off Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.
An unidentified man was bitten by what is thought to be a shark. Indian River County Fire Rescue dispatched a fire truck and ambulance to the Resort around 1 p.m.
A witness reportedly saw the victim come out of the water and noticed he was bleeding from wounds on his feet and said the man had a small cut on his right foot and a 3- to 4- inch slice on his left foot.
On March 25, a 16-year-old Vero Beach girl saw a shadow in the water coming toward her while she was swimming in waters north of Jaycee Park Beach and south of Wabasso Beach.
The shadow was a suspected 3- to 5-foot-long blacktip shark. It bit her on the knees several times, and as she attempted to fight back, the shark also bit her arms and hands.
A lifeguard and Indian River Shores officers bandaged the girl’s wounds on the beach and called paramedics. She was taken by ambulance to the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, and is expected to make a full recovery.
Occasionally baitfish can be pushed into the lower-visibility shallow water by high winds which can attract sharks.
All locations have been marked on the 2020 Shark Attack Map.
