Shark chunk feared after swimmer is injured at Jones Beach – NBC New York

A person swimming at a Long Island seaside could have been bitten by a shark, in accordance with witnesses and officers, resulting in a bloody scene.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, was within the water at a packed Jones Beach round midday on Friday. Witnesses stated he gave the impression to be struggling whereas popping out of the water, and he out of the blue fell to the bottom.

According to the witnesses, one of many man’s ft was bleeding profusely. Lifeguards got here to help the person, with one sacrificing his shirt to make use of as a tourniquet across the foot. A Parks Department spokesperson instructed NBC New York the gash on the person’s foot was fairly giant, and it regarded like probably a tooth had prompted the lower.

EMTs on the seaside additionally believed it might have been a shark chunk. The man was taken to Nassau University Medical Center to deal with his accidents, which weren’t thought of to be life-threatening.

Lifeguards saved the big crowds — about 100,000 individuals had been believed to have gone to the Nassau County seaside through the day — out of the water whereas they went out on jet skis to seek for any sharks within the surf. Other groups took boats and searched the water utilizing drones.

After about an hour of no shark sightings, beachgoers had been allowed again within the water, however solely allowed to go as much as their waists.