Fifteen-year-old boy bitten in rare New York shark attack

The teenager was bitten on his toes and left heel on Monday however was in a position to swim to shore, in accordance with the Suffolk County Police Department.

The boy’s accidents have been non-life-threatening, police mentioned.

Once he reached the seashore, the surfer was discovered by one other beachgoer who was in a position to present medical help till Suffolk County Marine Bureau Officers arrived, police mentioned.

The teen’s heel and toes have been intact when he was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, Long Island.

The assault occurred round 5.20pm native time at Kismet Beach on Fire Island, a skinny barrier island that runs parallel to the shores of Long Island.

The shark assault is the primary to be reported by the Suffolk County authorities this summer time.

Though shark assaults are much more frequent off the coast of Florida and the Carolinas, a spate of non-fatal shark assaults off the coast of New York final summer time rattled beachgoers and triggered a number of seashore closures.

Experts instructed CNN on the time {that a} mixture of conservation efforts and local weather change could have contributed to the rise of assaults in New York.

Still, shark assaults within the northeast stay comparatively uncommon and the the percentages of getting fatally attacked by a shark stay lower than 1 in 4 million, in accordance with the International Shark Attack File.