3 people injured in 2 shark attacks at neighboring Florida beaches

JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. ALL OF THIS, EXPERTS SAY, IS EXTREMELY RARE. IN FLORIDA NEW SHARK SIGHTINGS HAVE PEOPLE ON EDGE THIS MORNING. FEET AWAY FROM A MAN AND A SMALL CHILD OVER THE WEEKEND. VIDEOS OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS LIKE THESE GOING VIRAL. THE AREA ON HIGH ALERT AFTER BACK-TO-BACK SHARK ATTACKS LIKE THE BEACH CLOSURES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS NEAR POPULAR PANAMA CITY BEACH. >> LIKE GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTENING. YOU DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THEN TWO IN ONE DAY, IT IS JUST INSANE. >> 45-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH WAS SWIMMING NEAR A SAND BAR WHEN SHE WAS BITTEN BY A SHARK, LOSING PART OF HER LEFT ARM. 90 MINUTES LATER, POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL ABOUT A SECOND ATTACK. THIS TIME ON TWO TEENAGE GIRLS. ONE OF THE TEENS WAS CRITICALLY INJURED WITH WOUNDS TO HER HAND AND LEG. THIS VIDEO SHOWS BYSTANDERS JUMPING IN TO HELP RESCUE HER, INCLUDING TWO DOCTORS IN THE RIGHT PLACE ATHE RIGHT TIME. >> SHE WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM BLOOD LOSS. WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY TURN KITS AND PRESSURE. >> IT IS UNUSUAL. I MEAN, THEY'RE PREDATORS. THEY MAKE THEIR LIVING BY EATING OTHER ANIMALS. >> Reporter: ON THE SAME DAY AS THE SHARK ATTACKS IN FLORIDA, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT SHARK ATTACK IN HAWAII. IN THAT CASE A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS LACERATIONS. ALL OF IT WEEKS AFTER 19-YEAR-OLD FENDED OFF A FIVE-FOOT SHARK WITH HER BARE HANDS IN GALVESTON, TEXAS. >> AS SOON AS THE SHARK ATTACKED ME, MY BODY NATURALLY STARTED PUNCHING IT. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE SHORE FROM LAND, SEA AND SKIES, REPORTING A NOTABLE PRESENCE OF BULL SHARKS, URGING BEACH GOERS TO STAY SHARK AWARE. >> WE WILL BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPER SAFE. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT A BOY. MARISSA, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE VICTIMS? ARE THEY GOING TO BE OKAY? >> Reporter: THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, CRAIG. WE KNOW THE WOMEN AND ONE OF THOSE TEENS HAD BEEN ON CRITICAL CONDITION ON FRIDAY. BUT WE'RE TOLD, WHILE THEY BOTH STILL NEED TREATMENT, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE STABLE. SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND, OF

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Published: Mon Jun 10 2024