Officials are on heightened shark watch after three swimmers and a surfer reported being bitten off of Long Island beaches over the long holiday weekend.
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He swam to shore and was treated by passersby on the beach until Marine Bureau Officers were able to respond. The teen was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to police. His heel and toes were reportedly intact. Two more bites were reported on Tuesday, as Long Island beaches swelled with folks trying to escape the muggy Independence Day heat.
Around 4:25 p.m., a woman was swimming west of Cherry Grove, another neighborhood on Fire Island, when she was bitten on the upper thigh. She was also treated for non-life threatening injuries at South Shore University Hospital.
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