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Long Island On Alert As Brand-New Shark Bite Incident Brings Number To Six In Two Weeks
Lifeguards and swimmers are on high alert after two shark bites in one day on Long Island, bringing the total number of attacks to six in two weeks. The latest attack took place in Suffolk County at Seaview Beach on Fire Island around 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. Suffolk police said the Arizona man was in waist-deep water at Seaview Beach when he was bitten in the buttocks and on the left wrist. He was able to walk out of the water, Suffolk County Police said. The victim was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening …
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Surfer Attacked By Shark At NY Beach
Another Long Island beach is closed to swimming after a surfer was bitten by a shark. The incident took place at Smith Point County Beach Park in Shirley, around 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 13, said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. The surfer was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue for treatment of injuries, Bellone said. The third attack comes after a shark bit a Smith Point County Park lifeguard, on Sunday, July 3 and another lifeguard was attacked in the village of Ocean Beach on Thursday, July 7. "This is the new normal with tiger sharks swimming closer t…
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Two Rescued After Kayak Overturns On Great South Bay
Two Fire Island kayakers were rescued by Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers Sunday evening. Their kayak had overturned on Great South Bay off of Fire Island, according to Suffolk County Police. Police say officers Keith Magliola and Chris DeFeo were on patrol in the Great South Bay aboard Marine Kilo when they reportedly saw a man and woman in the water next to their swamped kayak approximately one-quarter mile north of Ocean Bay Park on Fire Island at approximately 6:55 p.m. on June 2. The persons rescued were Ralph Tabaras and Jillyan Guadagno who had rented a kayak from The Pa…