Officials: Woman bitten on foot by shark off Daytona Beach Shores
By FOX 35 News Staff
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - For the second time within a week, a person has been bitten by a shark in Volusia County, officials said Thursday.
Captain Tamra Malphurs with Volusia County Beach Safety says around 11:30 a.m., a 21-year-old woman from Oregon was wading in 4-feet of water in the 2000 block of Daytona Beach Shores when she was bit on the foot, presumably by a shark. Her lacerations were non-life threatening, officials said.
The woman was not transported by ambulance. Officials say the shark was not seen.
Florida Shark Attack Victim Says She Was Tossed Like a Fish
On 5/5/21 at 6:48 AM EDT
A Florida surfer says she is unsure about stepping back into the ocean again after a shark attack left her foot in tatters on Friday.
Adrienne Wikso, 64, was surfing near the jetty at New Smyrna Beach when a Bull shark grabbed her by the foot and wouldn t let go.
The experienced surfer said she did not see the predator coming before it latched onto her foot on the morning of April 30. He was up above the water a long time. He was out of the water, thrashing, up in the air with me, Wikso told WESH. And he wouldn t let go. And he started thrashing and shaking me and he was pulling me. He was trying to get away with me like I was a fish.
New Smyrna Beach, FL - A woman was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after she was bit by a shark off New Smyrna Beach. According to an email from Captain Tammy Malphurs with Volusia County Beach Safety (VCBS), the.
64-year-old woman bitten by shark in New Smyrna Beach, officials say Share Updated: 6:05 PM EDT Apr 30, 2021
64-year-old woman bitten by shark in New Smyrna Beach, officials say Share Updated: 6:05 PM EDT Apr 30, 2021
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Show Transcript CLAIRE: ADRIENNE WIKSO HAS BEEN SURFING HER ENTIRE LIFE, AND HER SON SAYS SHE’LL BE BACK IN THE WATER, BUT IT WILL BE A WHILE. THE SHARK AND SHE SAW IT DID A REAL NUMBER ON HER FOOT. FROM THE SPACING AND THE PUNCTURE WOUNDS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ABOUT A FOUR-FOOT BULL SHARK. CLAIRE: DEREK WIKSO SAYS HIS MOM WILL LIKELY UNDERGO SURGERY AFTER HER ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK NEAR THE NEW SMYRNA BEACH JETTY. HE SHARED PICTURES OF HER RIGHT FOOT INJURY, AND IT’S CLEAR THE SHARK HAD HER FOOT IN ITS MOUTH. PRETTY GOOD BITE. LOOKS LIKE SHE BROKE HER FOOT, GOT THE BOTTOM SHREDDED PRETTY GOOD, TOP SHREDDED PRETTY GOOD. CLAIRE: MS. WIKSO WAS SITTING ON HER LONG BOARD, SURFING WITH FRIENDS JUST AFTER 9:00 A