Shark Chomps on Teen in N.C.
A 14-year-old girl was bitten by a shark on the foot at Emerald Isle, N.C. causing lacerations and possible damage to ligaments and tendons. Ew.
It happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the waters off the 9400 block of Emerald Isle.
Emerald Isle EMS and the Emerald Isle Fire Department responded within minutes, and the girl was rushed to the hospital.
The hospital confirmed that a patient had been admitted to the hospital after an apparent shark bite and that patient was in stable condition but due to patient privacy regulations and at the request of the family, no information could be released about the patient’s identity.
The incident is the second possible shark bite in the area this year.
In May, a 9-year-old was bitten by an “unidentified marine animal” at Bear Island.
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this is MY beach. stupid fish should stay at new smyrna where they belong.
IT IS Their home
I go to Emerald Isle every year at least once, and i have never seen a shark over 2 feet long, sharks live in oceans, people need to learn that if your in the ocean, your in there habitat. and the only reason sharks attack humans is because humans either accidentally disturb them or they think that you are a fish or turtle if on a surfboard or boggieboard, you are more likely to get in a car accident on the way there than to get bit by a shark.