Later that day, a woman was swimming just west of Cherry Grove at about 4:25 p.m. when she was bitten on the upper thigh, police said. She was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
5th Shark Attack Confirmed On Long Island In 2 Days: Police
Two teenagers and three adults were bitten by sharks, police say.
FIRE ISLAND, NY — Another person was confirmed to be bitten by a shark on Fire Island on Tuesday — the fourth reported shark attack on Long Island in a two-day period, Suffolk County Police said.
A 49-year-old man was swimming in the ocean off Fire Island Pines at about 1:55 p.m., when his right hand was bit by a shark. The man was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of a non-life-threatening laceration, police said.
Just minutes before, a 47-year-old man was bitten by a shark of "unknown species," at the Quogue Village Beach on Dune Road.
Later that day, a woman was swimming just west of Cherry Grove at about 4:25 p.m. when she was bitten on the upper thigh, police said. She was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
On Monday, a 15-year-old girl was bitten at Beach 3 at Robert Moses State Park at around 1:45 p.m., ABC7 reported.
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About three miles away east off Kismet in Fire Island, a 15-year-old boy out surfing was bitten by a shark and suffered puncture wounds to his heel and toes just before 6 p.m. He was helped by a good Samaritan, and his heel and toes were not seriously injured, the outlet reported.
Around 50 sand sharks were spotted at Robert Moses, prompting its closure on Tuesday, Newsday reported.
The beach was reopened at around 10:15 a.m., the outlet reported.
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