Florida man survives second shark attack over decade after first bite
Cole Taschman has been bitten on the same beach, in the same area, near the exact same spot not once — but now twice.
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Cole Taschman has been bitten on the same beach, in the same area, near the exact same spot not once — but now twice.
The teen apparently went spearfishing alone, with fishermen finding his body the following day with injuries consistent with a shark attack, police said.
A child was treated Thursday afternoon for a superficial shark bite at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club.
The incident happened at 3:40 p.m. on Monday while Jose Angel Abreu Hernandez, 37, from Opa-locka, was spearfishing with a friend on a reef off the coast of Key West.
The incident happened when the man was spearfishing with a friend on a reef off the coast of Key West.
The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital alert and responsive.
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The incident comes after three people – a woman and two teenage girls – were hurt in two separate shark attacks in Florida's Gulf Coast earlier this month
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Boaters off the coast of Cape Canaveral express surprise when sharks attack the motor of their boat.
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The victim was trying to boost her child aboard a floating play platform when the shark bit her, officials said.
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