The latest victim, an unidentified teenager, was swimming with several other people near Waves, North Carolina on Saturday when the shark attacked.
The youth received various injuries to his right calf, buttocks and both hands, according to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Facebook page. He was treated at the scene and then transported by Lifeflight to Norfolk, Va. for further care.
On Friday morning, a 47-year-old man was injured in a shark attack in the same area. According to the National Park Service, the attack took place about a mile north of a fishing pier in Avon, North Carolina. He was bitten on his right leg and lower back. He too was swimming with others. The man was treated at the scene and airlifted to Norfolk, Va. as well.
In South Carolina on Friday morning, a male victim was attacked at Hunting Island State Park, near Beaufort, S.C. According to CNN, the Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District, the victim was taken to Beaufort memorial Hospital for treatment. No other information is available.
On June 14, two children, a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy both lost an arm in shark attacks about an hour-and-a-half apart along the coast of North Carolina.
Hunter Treschl, 16, speaking from his hospital bed via video, said, “I was just in about waist-deep water, playing with my cousin … and felt this kind of hit on my left leg … like it was a big fish coming near you or something, Then it just kind of hit my arm. That was the first I saw it, when it was biting up my left arm.”
Kiersten Yow, a 13-year-old girl was the first person attacked that day. Kristin lost her arm and elbow, as well as receiving a bite on her leg. She is now in N.C. Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, and according to her parents, is doing very well and receiving excellent care.
On June 17, the sighting of a nine-foot bull shark off the north end of Virginia Beach, a favorite swimming destination, resulted in the owner of Chesapeake Outdoor Adventures cancelling a noontime kayak tour. Even though afternoon kayak tours resumed, the owner said future kayak tours would be cancelled if shark activity made it necessary to do so.
