USA: 11-year-old boy’s leg amputated in Florida after being bitten by a shark

BUT minor 11 year old diver on Cayos de Floridain the United States, was bitten shark and he had to be rushed to the hospital, where part of his leg had to be amputated. This is the second amputation due to a shark attack in recent times in this state.

Jameson Reader Jr. Last Saturday, he was snorkeling with his family on a shallow reef in the Florida Keys, in the far south of the state, when he was allegedly attacked by bull shark about 2.5 meters, according to his uncle, Joshua Reederin social networks.

The shark bit the juvenile just below the knee, causing severe bleeding; But “miraculously, despite the pain and the cries for help, she managed to stay afloat,” her uncle said.

According to local media reports on Monday, the family pulled the young man out of the water, put him on a boat and put a tourniquet on his leg to stop the bleeding.

Coincidentally, there was a female nurse in a nearby boat who gave the minor first aid before being airlifted to the hospital. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miamiwhere the doctors had no choice but to amputate part of the leg.

“They had to amputate part of his leg just below the knee to save his life, as it was inoperable due to the damage caused by the shark,” he said. Joshua Reeder in my post on facebook.

The boy’s uncle said that his nephew “did not have surgery and is resting, and now he has learned the story of what happened to him.”

This is the second leg amputation of a minor in just two months in Florida.

In 2022, over 50 shark attacks were reported worldwide.

On June 30, 17-year-old Addison Bethey survived a shark attack in Keaton Beach, in the northwest of the state, but her leg was partially amputated, as was Jameson Reeder.

According to the Tracking Sharks page, as of August 8 this year, 57 shark bites have been recorded in the world, 6 of them fatal.

In the United States, with 31 reported shark attacks, Florida is the state with the most reported cases (18), followed by New York (6) and South Carolina (3), according to the organization.

International Shark Attack File (ISAF), organization University of Florida which is considered the world’s top authority on the subject, published its annual report last January stating that nine people have died in 2021 due to “unprovoked” shark bites.

There were 28 cases in Florida in 2021, representing 38% of that year’s total worldwide, when there were 73 unprovoked cases, of which 9 were fatal and 39 were provoked.