Miami-Dade County

Shark bites visitor to Everglades National Park. Man hospitalized

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a shark bite incident in Everglades National Park, taking the injured man to a hospital.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a shark bite incident in Everglades National Park, taking the injured man to a hospital. Getty Images

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue rushed out to Everglades National Park Saturday afternoon to aid a person who’d been bitten by a shark, authorities said.

Around 2:50 p.m., firefighters got the rescue call and promptly took the shark bite victim from the national park to a local hospital, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said.

Authorities did not say in what condition they were in, where the shark bit them or the identity of the victim. NBC 6 South Florida reported the victim, a man, was seen on a gurney with his hand bandaged.

This is a breaking news story that will be updated.

Devoun Cetoute
Miami Herald
Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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