This wasn’t the kind of 4th of July excitement this kid was banking on.
People reports that an 8-year old Florida boy was reportedly bitten by a two-to-three-foot shark on Sunday, while visiting the Ponce Inlet beaches in Volusia County.
The unidentified minor from Miami was bitten on the right leg. The attack happened around 4 in the afternoon.
He was treated by Volusia County Beach Safety lifeguards at the scene before being taken to nearby Halifax Health Medical Center.
University of Florida's International Shark Attack File designated Volusia County as the "shark bite capital of the world" following its 2020 data collection. Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue reports an average of 8 to 10 shark bites per year, though they are usually always non-life-threatening.
The boy is currently in stable condition.
Aside from this and a few other toothy run-ins, there have thankfully been no fatal shark attacks yet reported in the U.S. so far in 2021.
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