8YearOld Boy in 'Severe' Condition After Shark Bite While Snorkeling in Florida: 'Significant Amount of Blood Loss' Gabrielle RocksonSeptember 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM Alamy Stock image of shark An 8yearold boy is recovering from a shark bite after being attacked while snorkeling in Florida on Monday, Sep...
- - 8-Year-Old Boy in 'Severe' Condition After Shark Bite While Snorkeling in Florida: 'Significant Amount of Blood Loss'
Gabrielle RocksonSeptember 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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An 8-year-old boy is recovering from a shark bite after being attacked while snorkeling in Florida on Monday, Sept. 1
Local media outlet 7 News Miami reported that the child suffered a "significant amount of blood loss," citing emergency dispatch audio
Police confirmed the 8-year-old was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami following the incident
An 8-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being attacked by a shark in Florida.
On Monday, Sept. 1, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office confirmed in a post on Facebook that the boy had been bitten off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, and had subsequently been airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
"An 8-year-old male was reportedly snorkeling when he was bitten by shark at approximately 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, off Key Largo, Florida on the oceanside," the post read in part. "The U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were notified of the incident."
Monroe Sheriff Rick Ramsay said the child was snorkeling on Horseshoe Reef when the incident occurred, according to the Miami Herald. He was in surgery Monday evening, Ramsay added.
According to emergency dispatch audio obtained by 7 News Miami, authorities said the 8-year-old patient was "pale" and had suffered a" significant amount of blood loss."
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Authorities told the outlet and the Miami Herald that the child was bitten above the knee before a dive vessel nearby stopped to help him.
"He's been applied two tourniquets, we also put [inaudible] bandage to control the bleeding," the emergency dispatch said, per 7 News Miami. "We're on the process of getting some vital signs."
The emergency scanner traffic recorded first responders saying the boy's "injury is significant," per the Miami Herald.
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The boy's condition is described as severe, according to 7 News Miami.
PEOPLE has contacted the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard for further comment.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami
The news comes after PEOPLE previously reported about an 8-year-old girl who received 13 staples after being bitten by a shark in Texas over Labor Day weekend.
On Saturday, Aug. 30, Harper Ochoa was in shallow waters off of Galveston when something grabbed the back of her leg, according to CBS affiliate KWTX.
After screaming and pushing the shark away, her relatives were alerted to the incident.
She was then helped out of the water by her family, who noticed a large chunk of flesh missing from her leg.
"It was just so much blood it was hard to tell what was going on," Harper's mom, Christa Ochoa, told KWTX. "Then when they were able to kind of get it to stop bleeding, the doctor was able to confirm that it looked like something from a shark."
Despite the incident, the little girl appeared to be unfazed as she requested to return to the beach the next day, according to the outlet.
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