A 14-year-old teenager was bitten by a shark on Monday morning at a beach in Florida while practicing at a lifeguard camp.
The shark bit Dempsey Manhart while he was at a lifeguard training camp in Ponce Inlet. During a drill, he dove into the water and that's when the animal bit him.
According to the NBC News network, the parents of the injured teenager took him to the hospital to receive stitches. The injuries do not pose a danger to his life, despite receiving 17 stitches for the bite on the calf.
In an interview with FOX 35 News, Dempsey recounted that he jumped into the water and that's when he hit the shark. "I hit it with my hands and then I stood up and it turned around and ended up under my legs. And I think it bit me when it was tangled in my feet."
Despite the traumatic experience, the teenager does not lose the excitement of returning to the lifeguard training camp, although he still has to wait to get back in the water.
"I think it's something very uncommon that can happen. And if it already happened once, I doubt it will happen again. That's why I don't think there is anything to fear," he stated.
This incident occurs days after several shark attacks reported on beaches in Florida.
At the end of June, a shark that reached the very shore of South Beach, a beach in Miami Beach, forced swimmers to immediately get out of the water and stand on the sand watching the shark without daring to enter.
Another event occurred when a Cuban residing in Florida experienced the scare of his life, as during a spearfishing session, a bull shark stole a fish he had just caught right out of his hands, leaving only the head.
At the beginning of July, authorities in Florida confirmed that a shark attacked a man in New Smyrna Beach and stated that it was the second bite in 24 hours at the same beach.
Meanwhile, on the morning of July 4th, a holiday in the United States, two people were bitten by a shark in the tourist area of South Padre Island, near the city of Brownsville in southern Texas.
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