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"The waters are open again this morning, Ocean Rescue will remain on alert and will continue to monitor the water," said the city on its Twitter page Saturday, which just came back. be Shark Awareness Day. City fire department said that he received a report of the first incident at 3:35 pm ET Friday. Three minutes later, while he was attending the first victim, the department received a report of a second bite incident. The city then closed the beaches to swimmers
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The city does not. did not provide details about the victims, but CNN affiliate, WJXT, said that a 30-year-old man had been bitten off and that a 17-year-old boy had been bitten, five minutes later about one kilometer away. .
"The two patients are apparently stable, with life-threatening injuries," the city's fire department said in a press release. "None of the patients could indicate what type or size of marine life had caused their respective injuries."
WJXT interviewed the first victim of the bite, identified as Dustin Theobald of Fernandina Beach, at Nassau Baptist Medical Center, where he was recovering. ] "I was in 2 feet of water or less, lying on my belly looking (my 8 year old son) just playing in the waves and I felt something hang on my foot and shoot ". I laid a hand on his head – he was probably 4 to 5 feet long – and when I did, he shook twice and when I did, he s & # 39; 39 is released and left. "[19659009Theoboldedthatwasbeentothedaythatwouldproperdamageandwashighfootedandfunfacilities
WFXT, quoting the Fernandina Beach Fire Department, said hospital with puncture wounds on his foot.He did not see what was biting him, says WFXT
Fernandina Beach, the northernmost municipality of Florida, is on the island of Amelia, on the Atlantic coast.
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