Boy, 10, bitten while on ‘shark tank’ expedition at resort | 8XQ73DV | 2024-01-22 11:08:01
Boy, 10, bitten while on 'shark tank' expedition at resort | 8XQ73DV | 2024-01-22 11:08:01
A 10-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while on a 'Shark Tank' expedition at a resort within the Bahamas.
The boy, from Maryland, was attacked shortly earlier than 4pm on Monday at Paradise Island.
'Preliminary stories point out that the boy was bitten on the best leg by a shark while collaborating in an expedition in a Shark Tank at an area resort on Paradise Island,' said the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
The boy was transported to a hospital and is in secure situation, in response to the pressure.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Police Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings who works on the island advised NBC News on Tuesday: 'I have never been over to the aquarium that they're referring to. As for the way it's set up, you'll have to speak to personnel on the resort.'
Skippings did not disclose the resort where the incident happened.
Two witnesses, Michael and Tori Massie, stated they have been at the Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas tank partaking within the 'Strolling with the Sharks' program run by another firm when the boy was attacked.
The expertise led by guides was peaceable but 'as soon as the little boy got here down, it simply sort of took a darkish flip', Tori advised the information outlet.
'We noticed the sharks hone in on him after which identical to a pool of blood afterwards.'
The program is described as 'straightforward and enjoyable as you find yourself face-to-face with the guardians…' but appears to have been taken down by Atlantis following the assault.
Michael stated they signed a waiver earlier than going into the tank however that this system 'failed this baby and this family'.
The resort additionally has a 'Snorkel the Ruins of Atlantis' program that provides members 'the uncommon opportunity to snorkel via the Ruins Lagoon alongside modern sharks, noticed rays, and brilliantly colored tropical fish on this underwater setting'.
Atlantis didn't instantly reply to a request for remark from Metro.co.uk on Wednesday.
The boy was bitten seven months after a 73-year-old lady from Iowa who had scuba dived greater than 500 occasions lost her leg in a shark attack while within the water south of Taino Seashore in the Bahamas.
In April 2018, a 12-year-old boy from Edinburgh survived an attack by a bull shark whereas vacationing off Bimini Island in the Bahamas.
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