Teenager dies in Florida shark attack
MIAMI (Reuters) - A 14-year-old girl died after being bitten by a large shark on Saturday while she swam with a friend in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida panhandle, police said.
The girl, a visitor from Louisiana, has not been identified pending notification of her relatives. She was on a boogie board near a sandbar about 200 yards offshore near Destin, Florida, when the two saw the shadowy shape of the shark in the water, said officials with the Walton County Sheriff's Office.Witnesses told police the shark was feeding on a large school of fish at the time.
The shark bit one of the girls on her lower body and dragged her under water.
"There was a surfer in the area who saw the attack and went to the aid of the young girl," said Walton County Sheriff's Lt. Frank Owens. "He got the girl up on his board and brought her toward shore. He put himself at risk to help the girl."
The girl, a visitor from Louisiana, has not been identified pending notification of her relatives. She was on a boogie board near a sandbar about 200 yards offshore near Destin, Florida, when the two saw the shadowy shape of the shark in the water, said officials with the Walton County Sheriff's Office.Witnesses told police the shark was feeding on a large school of fish at the time.
The shark bit one of the girls on her lower body and dragged her under water.
"There was a surfer in the area who saw the attack and went to the aid of the young girl," said Walton County Sheriff's Lt. Frank Owens. "He got the girl up on his board and brought her toward shore. He put himself at risk to help the girl."
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