Video has emerged of the moments after a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark whereas on trip within the Bahamas earlier this month.
The video, obtained by TMZ, begins to indicate the underside of the tank of the diving expertise earlier than it rapidly extends to the kid, whose blood may be seen within the water at a fast fee.
Somebody factors to what’s occurring, whereas a shark may be seen swimming close to the boy's legs. A person, who is alleged to be the boy's father, may be seen leaping into the tank to tug his son to security.
“So what occurred right here?” a girl may be heard asking because the 21-second clip involves an finish, and leaves the tank.
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The boy's blood may be seen gushing into the water after he was bitten by a shark on January 15, 2024. (TMZ)
The boy participated in a “Strolling with Sharks” tour on the Atlantis Bahamas resort on January 16, “which guarantees half-hour of enjoyable for kids 10 years and older with nurse and reef sharks for $110,” the New York Submit reviews.
The proprietor of the dive expertise mentioned the subsequent day that an inner investigation was underway.
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The video exhibits somebody pointing on the 10-year-old boy, and somebody may be heard asking what occurred. (TMZ)
“Incidents like this involving interactions with marine life, even with the shark species included on this expertise, are uncommon and by no means acceptable,” Blue Adventures' Stuart Cove mentioned in an announcement. The expertise is quickly closed and the corporate is cooperating with the police of their investigation.
The boy was bitten on his proper leg and brought to a hospital for therapy. He was airlifted to Maryland for continued therapy on January 17, the Each day Mail reported.
The boy was bitten on the correct leg by a shark throughout a “shark tank expedition” at a resort on Paradise Island within the Bahamas. (Google Maps)
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Cove mentioned the incident is the primary of its variety because the expertise started working in 2006.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
