Total Speculation from Me:
The child, or the juvenile was bitten at 7am.
Just guessing, but that child was probably out on the water with a family member, getting ready for a day of fishing.
They may have been using a small boat, close to the water’s surface. Very scary. If a shark was able to inflict a damaging bite, that means the shark could have dragged the kid off that small boat and pulled him down into the water.
Somebody was not watching Junior, or had put him in a perilous situation.
or they caught a Shark and dragged it into the boat
You nailed the time-of-day...
2021 at 1:33 p.m. | UPDATED: June 30, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.
A kayaker was airlifted to a hospital for surgery Wednesday, June 30, after being bitten on a hand by a shark near Parson’s Landing at Catalina Island, authorities said.
The encounter was reported at 7:15 a.m., according to lifeguards with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
“The patient and (the) father were kayaking near Parson’s Landing when their boat was bumped by what is believed to be a shark of unknown size and type,” lifeguards tweeted. “During the encounter, the patient reached their hand into the water and was bit by the animal.”
The victim, whose age and gender were not disclosed, was taken by helicopter to a hospital to undergo surgery.
Lifeguards cleared and closed the ocean one mile in each direction of the incident for at least 24 hours, per policy.
Lifeguards requested the assistance of a shark expert from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography to identify the size and type of the shark.