Caleb Adams said he’s very thankful to have survived a June 2 shark attack, which left him with injuries to his torso, left arm and hand.
“When I was swimming him in, the blood was just pouring out of his chest," added a friend who helped rescue Caleb AdamsDavid Chiu is a digital news writer for PEOPLE. A former PEOPLE intern from 2007 to 2008, he has been writing about news and entertainment for over 10 years.the victim, later identified as Caleb Adams, 46, was swimming on June 2 when the attack occurred about 100 yards offshore from the Beach Safety Center at 17th Street.
Following the attack, the City of Del Mar announced a “48-hour closure of the ocean for swimming and surfing along a two-mile stretch from 6th Street to North Beach.”, there were 69 unprovoked shark attacks on humans worldwide in 2023. Of those, 36 occurred in the U.S., with Florida leading all states with 16.on Florida beaches. Authorities and media reports said a woman, 45, was swimming near the first sandbar at Watersound Beach when she was bitten by a shark.
Mom of Teen in Rare Double Shark Attack Gives Update on Her Daughter After Leg Amputation: 'Lulu Is Here' Later that day, two teenaged girls were swimming in approximity of the first sandbar at Seacrest Beach when a shark attacked them, officials added.
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