Multiple Shark Attacks This Month On NC Coast
There have been six shark attacks this month alone at North Carolina beaches. The first attack no one was injured but the shark took two large bites out of a boogie board. Then days later two separate attacks occurred within hours and miles of the other. A teenage boy and a 12-year-old girl were attacked by a shark last weekend on the coast of NC. Both victims lost part of their arm. The girl (from Asheboro) was bitten while in the water at Oak Island near the Ocean Crest Pier at about 5:00pm. She lost her hand and was also bitten in the hip or thigh area. The 16-year-old boy (from Colorado) was in the water and has lost his arm due to the shark bite. He was attacked about an hour later near the 55th St. Beach access. Both were in about waist deep water approximately 20 yards from shore. Both teenagers had surgery and are now recovering at home.
The fourth shark attack was a 8-year-old boy who was bitten on the foot and leg while playing in the surf in Surf City, NC. He was taken to the hospital by his parents after he sustained minor leg and foot injuries after being bitten by a shark.
The fifth victim was a man who was bitten multiple times by a shark while in the ocean near Avon Pier on Hatteras Island. It happened Friday morning June 26 at 11:40am near Beachcomber Drive.The man is about 50 years old and was apparently swimming with others. He was conscious and was taken by Dare County EMS to the Avon Medical Center. He was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. His name has not been released nor his condition.
Today (Saturday June 27) another shark attack has occurred. Today about 4:00pm another person has been bitten by a shark at the NC coast. It is being reported a 17 or 18-year-old boy has been bitten by a shark near the KOA campground/Rodanthe Pier on Hatteras Island at the Outer Banks. He was apparently bitten on his lower leg and on his hand. He was taken by Medflight to a hospital. This would be the 6th shark attack on the coast of North Carolina this month.
