Posted on 08/08/2023 11:42:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
The woman bitten by a shark while swimming alone at Rockaway Beach is believed to have lost “approximately 20 pounds of flesh” in the rare attack — believed to be the waterfront’s first since 1953, sources told The Post on Tuesday.
The victim, a 65-year-old Queens woman, was attacked off the shore near Beach 59th Street shortly before 6 p.m. Monday — losing a large chunk of her left leg, above the knee, to the shark, according to sources and a photo of her injury.
Lifeguards spotted her screaming for help in the water — and pulled her to shore, where she was given first aid. A tourniquet was also applied to her leg to help stem the bleeding before first responders arrived.
The woman was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where staff said she was in stable but critical condition Tuesday.
The teeth marks on the victim’s leg wound indicated that she may have been bitten by a bull or Thresher shark – though the possibility of a great white encounter could not be ruled out, a source familiar with the incident said.
“[It’s] definitely a shark bite,” Dr. Gavin Naylor, the Program Director at the Florida Program for Shark Research, told The Post after seeing an image of the victim’s wound.
“Looks as though it was a fairly clean single bite with some force. You can see the spacing between the teeth,” he continued while noting he would need to see the other side of the woman’s leg “to narrow the species down.”
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Humans......The other white meat!...................
Why would the headline read “lost 20 lbs of flesh”? If it bit off her leg or took a chunk out of her leg, say that. This makes it sound like a liposuction treatment.
There are better ways to lose weight.
I hope she gets well soon.
Not the best time of day for a dip. Bull shark most likely. I went to school with a banner plane pilot. He said people would not believe how many sharks he saw close to people in the water.
Same here on the Florida Gulf Coast. Lots of sharks within a hundred yards of the beach..................
Sharkdolater media saying shark attacks are “rare”, another reason I don’t trust them.
Bear attacks are fairly common, but sharks have better PR................
Just like poisonous snake bites...rare unless you are it!
Can’t tell much from the blurred image; however, whoever postulated a Thresher Shark in the article knows very little about sharks. Threshers are total fish eaters w/very small teeth. If it’s really a “20 pound” excision (which I doubt from the image shown); I would guess a juvenile GW ...Bull Sharks are usually multiple bites and they keep on attacking.
20 pounds off one thigh? That is one serious thigh.
We have a big’un here.
Shakespeare’s Shylock only wanted a pound of flesh.
Which, was considered excessive.
I guess we will just have to get a bigger boat!
BTTT!!!
I’m going to do one of those weight loss videos where I go on and on about some secret I have, and then at the end, tell them to get bitten by a shark.
Juvenile gw makes sense. Ever since water quality of NY Harbour improved you see humpback and Harbour seals. Now it seems there’s enough easy prey for juvie gw’s.
Not on todays modern woman.
Yup
They took the victim to Jamaica Hospital. NEVER EVER let anyone you care about be taken to Jamaica Hospital. I wouldn’t take my cat to Jamaica Hospital. Not even a rodent. It’s the pits. I sincerely hope this lady survives both the shark attack AND Jamaica Hospital.
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