A lone shark bit two swimmers, grazed a third and injured another who fended it off near South Padre Island, Texas, Thursday. Two of the victims were hospitalized, with a third airlifted to another location for further treatment.
This image provided by Katie McMillan shows sharks near the shore on South Padre Island, Texas on Thursday, July 4, 2024. Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations as two people were taken to the hospital with bites, at least …
Rayner Cardenas, the father-in-law of the first victim, told Rio Grande Valley ABC affiliate KRGV-TV, “I turned around, and he wasn’t there anymore. I started swimming toward him, and he jumped out of the water saying shark, shark, shark, and that’s when adrenaline kicked in.” The other two victims were a man who needed stitches after kicking the shark following a bite and a woman.
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