Boy, 10, Bitten Twice In Shark Attack
Victim Taken To Hospital After Incident Off Cocoa Beach
POSTED: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
UPDATED: 3:49 pm EST November 24,
2009
COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- A 10-year-old Ohio boy was attacked by a shark on Tuesday in the waters off Cocoa Beach, according to beach patrol officials.
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The boy was bitten on his foot and his upper thigh at about 11:30 a.m. in shallow waters near the Ocean Landings condominiums in the 900 block of state Road A1A.The boy was able to reach the shore on his own.“It’s not life-threatening, but he was bitten on the leg, that’s the report we got,” Orlando Dominguez, spokesman for Brevard County Fire-Rescue, told Local 6 News partner Florida Today. "He was stable.”The boy was taken by ambulance to Cape Canaveral Hospital for treatment.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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