Shark sightings and attacks ramping up just as millions get set to hit beaches for the unofficial start of summer in Stone Harbor, New Jersey Sunday. *** bit by *** shark above the ankle. The bleeding right now, 15 year old Maggie dry holding on to her surfboard in the water. When *** shark bitter the leg, I was in shock, I was under the water and I tried to shake my leg as hard as I could. Thankfully, she’s going to be ok. Maggie’s ordeal comes on the heels of multiple recent attacks in Florida. Body. Camera video obtained by Miami affiliate WPLG shows first responders racing to save Kevin Blanco. The 20 year old was spear fishing with two friends Thursday when *** bull shark latched onto him. Blanco says he sees the shark every time he closes his eyes. I just remember feeling the pressure of his jaw just closing on my leg. Less than two weeks before that 13 year old Ella Reed wound up with 19 stitches after she was attacked by *** bull shark off Fort Pierce. And with peak shark season just beginning, researchers with oar are tracking multiple great whites off the us coast. These apex predators can travel thousands of miles. Victor, Oando ABC News, Miami.
Girl from Pennsylvania bitten by shark at Jersey Shore
Updated: 4:23 PM EDT May 23, 2023
A teenage girl from Chester County, Pennsylvania, is recovering after she was likely bitten by a shark along the Jersey Shore. Maggie Drodz-Dowski, 15, was surfing over the weekend off Stone Harbor when she got several cuts on her foot, which officials said were consistent with a shark bite.”It didn’t hurt, but I felt pressure and all the teeth around the bottom of my foot. Like, my whole foot was in its mouth,” she said. “I heard her scream, and she was like under the water. And then, I thought she was drowning, and then she came back up, saying she got bit or something bit her,” her friend, Sarah O’Donnell, said.There were no lifeguards on duty, but Drodz-Dowski was able to get back to shore, where her friend’s mom called 911.New Jersey officials said they’re not putting any beach restrictions in place ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
A teenage girl from Chester County, Pennsylvania, is recovering after she was likely bitten by a shark along the Jersey Shore.
Maggie Drodz-Dowski, 15, was surfing over the weekend off Stone Harbor when she got several cuts on her foot, which officials said were consistent with a shark bite.
“It didn’t hurt, but I felt pressure and all the teeth around the bottom of my foot. Like, my whole foot was in its mouth,” she said.
“I heard her scream, and she was like under the water. And then, I thought she was drowning, and then she came back up, saying she got bit or something bit her,” her friend, Sarah O’Donnell, said.
There were no lifeguards on duty, but Drodz-Dowski was able to get back to shore, where her friend’s mom called 911.
New Jersey officials said they’re not putting any beach restrictions in place ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
