8-year-old boy bitten by shark in Key Largo, sheriff’s office says

Paramedics flew a boy to a Miami-Dade County hospital after he was bitten by a shark in the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

The bite happened around 3:25 p.m. in the ocean off Key Largo. Monroe County Fire Rescue paramedics flew the boy to Jackson Memorial Hospital, the sheriff’s office said.

Monroe Sheriff Rick Ramsay told the Herald that the 8-year-old boy was snorkeling on Horseshoe Reef when he was bitten. He was in surgery Monday evening, Ramsay said.

A Monroe County Fire Rescue spokeswoman confirmed the boy was bitten above the knee, and a nearby scuba diving boat crew rendered immediate aid.

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