8-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized After Fourth of July Shark Bite on Fla. Beach

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An 8-year-old boy is currently in stable condition after surviving a shark bite on a Florida beach on the Fourth of July.

According to theOrlando Sentinel, the boy was bitten in the right leg at around 4 p.m. local time.

Volusia County Beach SafetyOcean Rescue reports an average of eight to 10 shark bites per year, usually always non-life-threatening. However, the University of Florida’sInternational Shark Attack Filedesignated Volusia County as the “shark bite capital of the world” following its 2020 data collection.

Luckily, there have been no fatal shark attacks reported in Florida nor the rest of the country so far for 2021.

source: people.com