Shocking shark attack picture shows moment animal ‘lunged & grabbed hold of’ fisherman leaving him in critical condition
A SHOCKING image has shown the moment a shark attack victim was helped by police after a “severe” bite.
The Florida man was part of a group fishing on a boat when the terrifying incident happened.
This man was taken to hospital shortly after and was in a critical condition on Friday, June 28, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident happened on the coast of Nassau County, just north of Jacksonville.
The victim was a fisher and was attacked when the shark was reeled onto the boat, according to Fox Weather.
Cops added that he was expected to make a full recovery but explained the scary situation they attended to.
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“At 11:15 a.m. today, NCSO Marine Unit responded to a distress call reporting a shark bite,” cops said in an X post.
“Our deputy boarded the vessel and applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.”
Sheriff Bill Leeper shared details of the aftermath of the attack.
"He had lost a lot of blood,” Leeper told Fox News.
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“He was bleeding pretty bad."
“The deputy got on the boat, assessing real quick, put a tourniquet around his arm to stop the bleeding.”
He added that the victim was then airlifted to the local UF Hospital.
This attack has been at least the fourth to hit the state of Florida this summer.
The other three noted incidents took place along the Panhandle in early June.
This terrifying incident has not been the only animal attack to hit the South of the U.S. this month.
Shark attacks in 2023
In 2023, there were 79 shark bites globally.
Of that number, 69 were unprovoked and 10 were provoked fatal bites.
The United States had 36 unprovoked attacks which accounted for 52% of the incidents worldwide.
Two of the attacks, one in California and the other in Hawaii, were fatal.
Consistently, Florida has had the most attacks in the country with 2023 being no different. The Sunshine State had 16 attacks last year.
Three of the 10 fatalities in 2023 happened in a remote surfing spot off the coast of southern Australia known as The Eyre Peninsula.
The area is home to seals, so they lure in great whites.
The other five fatal attacks were spread out across the globe with one in the Bahamas, Egypt, Mexico, and New Caledonia.
According to Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File
Arryn Van Slyke shared how her 10-year-old daughter was left with eight stitches after an unknown animal bit her in Virginia, The U.S. Sun has previously reported.
The incident happened around 9:20 am on June 20.
"They really weren’t that deep," Van Slyke said about her children, per NBC affiliate WAVY.
"They were probably, like, a little bit above their knees and they were just jumping and then all of a sudden they came running out."
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"I looked down at her foot and I see like the whole, like bite mark and then there was one part where like her flesh was showing, so of course I’m like just completely in shock," she added.
The child was taken to a local hospital and an image showed the severity of the injury.
