2 more swimmers report shark bites off Long Island's South Shore
Police responded to two reports of possible shark bites in separate locations around the same time Tuesday off the South Shore of Long Island, New York, authorities said. Police responded to two report s of possible shark bites in separate locations around the same time on the Fourth of July off the South Shore of Long Island, New York, a day after two similar incidents were report ed, authorities said. At 1:50 p.m., police responded to a report of an injured beachgoer at Quogue Village Beach in the town of Southampton, according to the Quogue Village Police Department. In that incident, a 47-year-old man was swimming in chest-deep water when he was bitten on his right knee. Although a shark was not physically observed, the bite was from a larger marine animal, police said. The man suffered severe lacerations and was taken by ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Sharks spotted in Long Island led to the closure of several beaches in ...