By Maria Sole Campinoti (CNN) — A woman was transported to a hospital Monday after suffering an apparent shark bite near a beach in Queens, New York, officials said – marking the latest in a spate of summer shark bites off the city’s coastline.
A 65-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens in New York City, officials said.
A woman was pulled from the water in Queens and rushed to a hospital in critical condition after an apparent shark attack at one of the city’s popular beaches. The victim was swimming off Rockaway Beach near Beach 59th Street on Monday when she was injured by what’s believed to have been a shark.
A 50-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was bitten on the leg by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. Officials said shark attacks in the area are 'extremely rare.'
The bite appeared to be far more serious than many of the other shark encounters reported in the region, which often involve the predators lightly nibbling the swimmer to determine whether they are prey, then moving on.
Authorities say a woman was seriously injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach. The city parks department says the 65-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6 p.m. Monday when a shark bit her on the left leg.
A 65-year-old New York City woman is in serious but stable condition after she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, hospital officials said.
A 65-year-old New York City woman is in serious but stable condition after she was bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, hospital officials said.
The woman bitten by a shark while swimming alone at Rockaway Beach is believed to have lost “approximately 20 pounds of flesh” in the rare attack — believed to be the waterfront’s first…
The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6 p.m. Monday when a shark bit her on the left leg, the city parks department said in a
The bite appeared to be the most serious shark attack in New York waters since at least the 1950s, said Gavin Naylor of the International Shark Attack File.
