04/13/2005 Jessica Lynch (Florida)
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:38 am
4/13/2005 Janet Lynch
Shark bites woman on Crescent Beach
STAFF REPORT
A 70-year-old woman was nipped in the left leg by a small shark in the waters off Crescent Beach on Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities originally thought a barracuda bit the woman in the left calf and ankle, but a doctor at Sarasota Memorial Hospital said the wound was from a shark in the one-to-two foot range.
“There’s no need for alarm,” said Scott Montgomery, Sarasota County’s head lifeguard.
The woman, whose identity was not available, was swimming in the water about one mile south of Siesta Public Beach.
Shark bites woman on Crescent Beach
STAFF REPORT
A 70-year-old woman was nipped in the left leg by a small shark in the waters off Crescent Beach on Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities originally thought a barracuda bit the woman in the left calf and ankle, but a doctor at Sarasota Memorial Hospital said the wound was from a shark in the one-to-two foot range.
“There’s no need for alarm,” said Scott Montgomery, Sarasota County’s head lifeguard.
The woman, whose identity was not available, was swimming in the water about one mile south of Siesta Public Beach.