Woman critically injured by rare shark bite off NYC’s Rockaway Beach
A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach, officials said.
The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6 p.m. Monday when a shark bit her on the left leg, the city parks department said in a statement.
Lifeguards pulled the woman from the water and administered first aid. The woman was taken to Jamaica Hospital in critical but stable condition with severe lacerations to her thigh, a police spokesperson said.