A boy was attacked by a shark and part of his leg was amputated

A boy was attacked by a shark and part of his leg was amputated

According to a Facebook post from his uncle Joshua Reederthe boy “received a strong blow below the knee” by what specialists assume that it was a bull shark two and a half meters long.

The minor managed to cling to a float to escape from the shark and was immediately assisted by his father, who applied a tourniquet to his leg and signaled another larger boat that took the family to land.

Later, he was airlifted to Miami Childrens Hospitalwhere a medical team saved his life, but professionals had to amputate his leg below the knee.

A shark of more than 700 kilos in Florida

In March of this year, a White shark that caused fear among bathers but also curiosity due to its large size.

It was a specimen of 3.65 meters long and 725.74 kg. that had been tagged and released by the group in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

This organization baptized it with the name of Scot and, according to the studies of this entity, it was tagged for the first time in September 2021 in Nova Scotia, where it was named in honor of the “welcoming and dedicated people to the ocean first” there. by OCEARCH partners at Sea World.

Source: Ambito

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