A Florida man faces a grueling recovery following a “serious” shark attack last Friday, the aftermath of which was caught on camera.
The footage, released by the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday, shows the unnamed victim sitting in a rescue boat immediately after the brutal beating, during which he suffered a bite wound to his right arm.
Bleeding to death, the fisherman was eventually airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he is still in critical condition.
The man, in his 40s, is expected to survive and is just the latest to fall victim to a spate of shark attacks on Florida’s infamous Gulf Coast.
Local authorities have warned bathers of the dangers of these waters after three women were injured in two separate attacks earlier this month.
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Photos show a Florida man facing a gruelling recovery after a “severe” shark attack last Friday, where he suffered a bite on his right arm while fishing and was airlifted to a hospital.
Responding officers provided an update in the form of a video posted to social media later that day, in which Sheriff Bill Leeper (seen here) detailed what had just happened.
Officers responding to the most recent crisis offered an update in the form of a video posted to social media that same day, in which Sheriff Bill Leeper shared images of the man’s injuries.
“Today at 11:15 a.m., the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) Marine Unit responded to a distress call reporting a shark bite,” he said.
‘A man on board his boat had suffered a serious bite wound to his right arm.
‘Upon arrival, NCSO deputies found the victim with a serious injury.
Acting quickly, an officer boarded the boat and applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
The officer then “drove” the man’s boat to a nearby boat ramp, where Fernandina Beach fire crews were waiting, Leeper said.
“The victim was immediately airlifted to a nearby hospital. He is currently in critical condition but is expected to recover,” the sheriff concluded.
Officials did not provide any additional information, other than the fact that after being airlifted to nearby UF Hospital, the victim was “alert and…recovering.”
“At 11:15 a.m. today, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) Marine Unit responded to a distress call reporting a shark bite. A man aboard his vessel had suffered a bite. “Upon arrival, NCSO deputies found the victim with a serious injury,” Leeper said.
‘An officer quickly boarded the boat and applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. The officer then ‘drove’ the man’s boat to the Dee Dee Bartels boat ramp, where rescue officers were waiting. He was then airlifted to a hospital, where he is currently in ‘critical’ condition.
Earlier this month, three people were injured in shark attacks around Walton County, all at beaches on the Sunshine State’s western coast within a few miles of each other.
At the time, the South Walton Fire District warned viewers: “Do not underestimate the open water or marine life that may be present.”
In the first case, a 45-year-old woman “was apparently swimming just beyond the first sandbar with her husband” near WaterSound Beach, before being bitten on her officials said of the midsection and pelvic area and left arm.
Her left forearm had to be amputated, officials in that case said, adding that she was also airlifted to a trauma center for treatment.
The second attack occurred in the Sandy Shores Court area of Seacrest Beach a few days later, four miles east of the first incident.
Two unnamed girls, ages 15 and 17, were in waist-deep water with a group of friends when they were attacked. One of the girls suffered significant injuries to her upper leg and one of her hands, and the other received minor injuries to her leg and foot, authorities said.
The first girl, at that time, was reported to be in critical condition, while the third was stable.
Earlier this month, three people were injured in shark attacks in Walton County, all at beaches on the Sunshine State’s western coast. Pictured is a great white shark unrelated to any of those attacks, two of which left people in critical condition.
The incident also comes weeks after a well-known surfer was killed by a shark in Hawaii on Sunday, after working as a lifeguard at Honolulu Ocean Safety since 2016.
The incident also comes weeks after a well-known surfer was killed by a shark in Hawaii on Sunday, after working as a lifeguard with Honolulu Ocean Safety since 2016.
“The world knew Tamayo (Perry) as a surfer and actor, but to those who knew him best, he was a man of deep faith…now he was taken away too soon,” his wife Emilia told ABC News of the 49-year-old victim. years.
‘I feel very upset and devastated. But I also have a strange calm in my heart knowing that he is in a better place.’
The last fatal shark incident in Hawaii was on Dec. 30, when a man surfing in Maui was attacked about 500 feet from shore.
Meanwhile, Nassau County is located about 150 miles north of Volusia County, a part of Florida considered the “shark bite capital of the world.”
There, 17 shark bites were recorded in 2021, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File.
People in the state were also targeted in 16 attacks last year, a figure that represents 44 percent of all attacks that year across the United States.
The victim, seen extending his mangled arm in the censored images, has not been identified.