Two shark attacks reported in separate vacation hotspots as summer beach season starts
A South Carolina beachgoer is lucky to be alive after walking away with serious injuries from a suspected shark attack earlier this week The occurrence reportedly occurred off the coast of the south end of Hilton Head Island on Tuesday a Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue official established to Fox News Digital The situation involved a person with a leg injury consistent with lacerations typically associated with a shark bite the department disclosed in a message BEACHES WITH MOST OF SHARK ATTACKS AS AMERICANS PAY TRIBUTE TO 'JAWS' AND ACTIVIST WEIGHS INLocal rescue crews were dispatched to beach marker in Sea Pines Beach at approximately p m regarding reports of a healthcare exigency Firefighters and lifeguards subsequently treated the victim at the scene before transporting her to Hilton Head Island Airport where she was then airlifted to a local facility in Savannah for further medicinal healing Local officers declined Fox News Digital s request for information regarding the victim s identity and condition citing privacy regulations POPULAR SPRING BREAK ACTIVITY LANDS AMERICAN TOURIST IN HOSPITAL 'FELT LIKE I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT'The attack comes just days after a -year-old girl was bitten by a shark on Florida s Gulf Coast according to Fox Leah Lendel was enjoying a snorkeling trip with her family in Boca Grande on June when a shark bit her hand the outlet revealed The injuries left her hand hanging by a little piece of skin a witness reportedly disclosed ALLIGATOR INJURES GIRL SWIMMING IN POPULAR SUMMER STATE PARK DESTINATIONLendel was pulled from the water by a nearby construction crew and airlifted to Tampa General Hospital where she underwent surgery involving artery grafts bone reconstruction and nerve repair I didn't see anything Lendel announced at a news conference Thursday I was just snorkeling and I went up to breathe then something hard bit me and it tried to take me away Then I pick up my hand and it's all in blood Then I started screaming with my mom And then my dad was with me He picked me up then we ran to the road Doctors were able to save Lendel s hand a feat they partially credit to how clean the bite was The shark's teeth are so sharp that the cut through the wrist is clean and not jagged and it doesn't ruin all the tissue Dr Alfred Hess disclosed Lendel anticipates she will return to the water once she has made a full recovery She's done a fantastic job I can already tell you Dr Joshua Linnell announced I just keep looking over at those fingers because we worked hard on that Lendel's family did not at once respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment
