ISLAMORADA, Fla. – Sheriff’s officials said medics airlifted a man to a Miami-Dade hospital on Friday after a shark reportedly bit him as he was spearfishing off the Florida Keys, according to News 6 partner WPLG.
According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Adam Linhardt, the 22-year-old had been spearfishing near Davis Reef, off the coast of Islamorada, at around 11:30 a.m. when a shark apparently bit him in the ankle or foot.
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U.S. Coast Guard crews responded and transported the man ashore to the agency’s Islamorada station, he said.
Islamorada Fire Rescue medics then took the fisherman to a nearby park where he was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center.
Authorities didn’t release the man’s name as of Friday evening.
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