Miami, May 13 (EFE).- A teenager from Florida (USA) who fought against a shark on a beach on the state’s Atlantic coast, where shark attacks are often reported, is recovering from the injuries suffered and He affirms that he “plans to return to the water”, according to a local media report this Saturday.
Ella Reed, 15, was sitting in shallow water last Thursday talking with a friend in Fort Pierce Beach (about 200 km north of Miami), when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her side and saw a shark hurt her. was attacking, Local 10 television, from southeast Florida, publishes this Saturday.
“He wouldn’t leave me alone, so I had to use my arm and use my hand too, so (the shark) grabbed my arm and my finger,” the teen said in an interview.
Reed, who is at home recovering after receiving 19 stitches, believes she was bitten by a 5- to 6-foot-long bull shark.
The chain showed images of the teenager where shark bites are observed on the belly, an arm, a finger and the upper part of a knee.
“I was a bit shocked by everything that happened, so I didn’t have much pain because the adrenaline was through the roof,” said the teenager in an interview with her mother.
The teenager commented that she has never been afraid of the ocean and even after this encounter she plans to “go back to the water”. She said she was aware that the attack “could have been much worse.”
The latest annual report from the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) of the University of Florida (UF) indicates that the United States is the country where the most unprovoked shark attacks were recorded last year (43) and Florida the state with the most cases (17).
The 57 unprovoked shark attacks on humans recorded worldwide in 2022 are the lowest number in a decade.
