A Florida man was bitten by a shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas on July 4, police said.
The man was rushed to a hospital via airlift. His condition wasn't released by authorities as of Friday afternoon.
Authorities said that the man, a Fort Lauderdale resident, was on a boat with two other Americans on an excursion that included snorkeling.
The type of shark wasn't named.
The attack came after two recent shark attacks in the Bahamas.
Jonathan Hernandez, a Florida resident, said that he was spearfishing off Abaco Island in late June when he was attacked.
The shark bit Hernandez’s left calf but he survived to tell the tale.
“I was able to get away, kicking away. I looked in the water, and I could see in the water that my calf was hanging and gushing blood into the water,” he said. “It all happened so fast it was kind of a blur of whitewater and fins and thrashing.”
Another attack, on June 26, left a California woman dead.
Lindsey’s family saw the sharks while she was in the water, but she didn’t hear their cries. The 21-year-old was a student at Loyola Marymount University.
Expert Analyzes Attack
An expert said the attack on Lindsey was unusual, as multiple sharks don't typically converge the way they did.Ritter said pictures of the bite wounds would provide definitive evidence that could be used to find out more about what happened.
“That would give us the answer,” he said. “So far, until we have seen the pictures, we cannot see how many sharks or what kind of species [were involved]. The wound pictures would tell the story.”
Hernandez, the Florida man who survived a shark attack, blamed businesses that let tourists feed sharks in his interview with NBC.
“They’re associating humans with getting food, and it’s making it very dangerous to be in the water, whether you’re spearing or you just happen to be snorkeling near where they’re feeding them,” he said.