Shark Attacks Teen at South Carolina Beach

By Brian Lada, Meteorologist

August 20,2015; 10:32PM,EDT

 

 

A 15-year-old boy was bitten twice by a shark on Thursday afternoon at a beach in Garden City, South Carolina.
According to WPDE-TV, the boy was about chest deep in water when the shark bit him on the leg. When he tried to push the shark away, the shark bit him on the hand.
Fortunately, the injuries are not life-threatening.
Garden City is located just south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Thursday's attack comes just one day after a 9-year-old girl was bit by a shark at Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
The girl that was bit on Wednesday in Florida received several cuts, but they are not life-threatening.
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This is the first of several shark attacks in the Carolinas this summer.
Early in the summer, there were a spur of shark attacks along the beaches of North Carolina and South Carolina.
So far this year, at least 11 people have been reported attacked by sharks while swimming on the beaches of the Carolinas, according to the Associated Press.