SHARK BITE

Addison Bethea, 17, has endured five surgeries at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare since the June 30 shark attack, and doctors amputated her mangled right leg just above her knee. Now, her family is looking to her future, including weeks of rehabilitation and learning how to walk using a prosthetic leg.

Shark bites are on the rise around the world, according to data published this week by the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File.

A 64-year-old woman suffered a possible shark bite while she was sitting on a paddleboard in the water off a Florida beach.

MIAMI – An Atlanta man was airlifted to the trauma center of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after he was bitten on the shoulder by a shark Sunday morning near Marathon, Monroe County sheriff’s deputies told WPLG-TV. Witnesses said Eddy was attacked almost immediately after entering the water near the Sombrero Key Light, about 50 miles north of Key West. While investigating the incident, the Sheriff’s Office received information from boaters that they had seen a bull shark in the area. The shark was described by witnesses as eight- to 10-feet long. Investigators said there was no fishing or chumming in the water near where the group was snorkeling.

ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. A teenager was recovering Monday after he was bitten by a shark while surfing this weekend off the coast of St. Augustine Beach. It didnt really hurt in the moment because I was just, like, shocked that it actually happened, the St. Augustine teen recalled. News4Jax spoke with McGinn at his home on Monday as his father was cleaning his wounds with water, soap and Neosporin. The teen will be a freshman at St. Augustine High School and plans to be there on the first day of school, which is next week. The odds are, like, super low.According to News4Jax records, this was the first shark bite this year in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia waters.