8 miles from North Miami beach, Haulover beach man bitten by a shark. According to preliminary information, it was a bull shark (also known as roundnose shark) is one of the most deadly ocean predators.
«Rescuers, seeing the shark, he immediately warned all swimmers about the danger whistles, and helped people to get out of the water, but one of the swimmers, the shark had to attack, she bites his legs,» — said the press Secretary of the rescue service Miami-Dade, Eric Benitez.
The shark was the size of about 4-5 feet. The bleeding man managed to get out of the water, where he was given first aid and taken to a local hospital. Doctors say that his life is not in danger.
«I have 20 years working here as a lifeguard, and this is the first case in my practice when a shark attacks humans on this beach,» said lifeguard Matt Sparling.
«But, despite the fact that this happens very rarely, we ask all swimmers to be vigilant. Always swim only on those beaches where there is a rescue tower and be sure to follow the warnings of rescuers,» adds Sparling.
We will remind, recently sharks have been sighted in the waters of Coney island.
