03/30/2021 - Male - Florida
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:47 pm
The second bite of the week took place five days later and three miles north. First responders were called to the scene around 1 p.m. after a tourist, 45-year-old David Cabrera, saw a man stumble out of the water and begin to bleed from wounds on his feet at the Disney-owned Vero Beach Resort.
Cabrera described one of the wounds as a three-to-four-inch "slice" and the other as a smaller cut. Soon afterward, the man became faint, presumably from shock.
Like the lifeguards before him, Cabrera did not see the creature responsible.
The United States leads the world and Florida the country in unprovoked shark attacks. In 2020, the International Shark Attack File investigated a total of 129 incidents.
Erik Toomsoo, the president of the Vero Beach Lifeguard Association, told Vero Beach News that the majority of attacks occur in the spring and summer when the weather is warmer and the prospect of a swim more alluring.
https://www.newsweek.com
Cabrera described one of the wounds as a three-to-four-inch "slice" and the other as a smaller cut. Soon afterward, the man became faint, presumably from shock.
Like the lifeguards before him, Cabrera did not see the creature responsible.
The United States leads the world and Florida the country in unprovoked shark attacks. In 2020, the International Shark Attack File investigated a total of 129 incidents.
Erik Toomsoo, the president of the Vero Beach Lifeguard Association, told Vero Beach News that the majority of attacks occur in the spring and summer when the weather is warmer and the prospect of a swim more alluring.
https://www.newsweek.com