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Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten On Long Island - Developing Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten On Long Island - Developing
Shark Attack: Crews Responding To Reports Of 16-Year-Old Bitten On Long Island - Developing New report - Shark Attack: July 4th Beachgoer Hospitalized After New Incident On Long Island Emergency crews are responding to reports that a teenager was bitten by a shark on Long Island. Crews were called at around 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 3, after the 16-year-old boy was reportedly bitten in the leg by a shark off Fire Island, near Kismet Beach. Lifeguards applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, according to police radio traffic. The teen’s condition was not immediately available. In late July of last year, a teen, also age 16, was bitten by a shark off Fire Island while surfing…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Long Island Incident Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Long Island Incident
Teenage Surfer Bitten By Shark In Brand-New Long Island Incident A teenage surfer was bit by a shark on Long Island, the latest of six bites in the past three weeks. The 16-year-old was paddling about 20 yards offshore at Kismet Beach on Fire Island when he was bitten on his right foot around 5:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, said the Suffolk County Police.  The surfer suffered a 4-inch laceration but was able to walk out of the water and was taken by Saltaire Fire Rescue to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.  After the bite, Suffolk County Police Aviation responded by…

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by Kathy Reakes