Victim of shark attack in Florida suffering from severe injuries

• A shark of unknown species bit Addison Bethea’s right leg when she scalloped near Grassy Island.
• The teen is now in a critical but stable condition.
• It is the second such assault in the United States this week.

After suffering “severe injuries” in a shark attack on Thursday at a Florida beach. A teenage girl is expected to lose her leg.

A shark of unknown species bit Addison Bethea’s right leg when she scalloped near Grassy Island. According to a Facebook post by her father, Shane Bethea.

Addison stated that he tried punching it and poking it in the eyes, but it would not release.

According to reports, the shark was roughly nine feet long.

Rhett Willingham, the girl’s brother however said to have beaten the shark until it released the adolescent.

The adolescent will lose her leg but she fortunately survived. The teen is now in a critical but stable condition.

Deeson added that amputation however not officially confirmed.

Her thigh region has sustained an unbelievable amount of damage. The state of the leg is currently unknown to the physicians. They monitor it day by day to determine what needs to be done, Bethea made a Facebook post.

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According to Bethea, Addison was under anesthesia until Friday morning. She kept calling her parents on her phone.

This week’s assault in the United States is the second.

In a recent study, researchers from the University of Minnesota and Cal State Long Beach discovered that young white sharks however spotted swimming near Southern California’s coastline during peak beach season.

Researchers from Massachusetts however alerting beachgoers to the presence of great white sharks on the opposite side of the country.