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Officials say this is the first confirmed shark bite on the popular Rockaway Beach in recent memory.

A 65-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Monday after being bitten by a shark at Rockaway Beach in Queens, officials said.

Not know that it was a shark. >> reporter: signed to say while still extremely rare, cleaner and warmer waters could be contributing. >> there's a lot more close to shore than we are used to seeing, and with outcomes that the predators that feed on them. >> reporter: rockaway beach remains close to the public as officials investigate yesterday's incident. if confirmed, this would mark the first shark bite here since 1953. major. >> major: alice gainer, thank you. tonight the city of stars is now a city on strike with thousands of los angeles workers joining an already crowded set up picket lin...

Beach after what is believed to have been an extremely rare shark attacks. a 65-year-old woman was severely injured. we get the latest now from alice gainer of our cbs station. >> reporter: officials say the 65 year old woman was about 10 feet into the water at rockaway beach in queens yesterday evening when she felt a pain in her left leg. >> is crazy. someone got attacked. breath >> reporter: lifeguards rushed in trying to keep her conscious. before emts took her to a local hospital. >> the fact that it was a shark bite blew my mind. >> reporter: they want surveillance drones but were unable...

A woman is in critical condition after she was bit in the leg by what appears to be a shark in Queens.