EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. – A video appeared to show a man being bitten and dragged out of his fishing boat Friday by a shark while in the Florida Everglades.
The incident happened Friday morning, Everglades officials said in a statement. While fishing from a boat in Florida Bay, a man was washing his hands in the water when he was bitten in the hand by an unknown species of shark.
He was treated by EMTs at the Flamingo Marina and was then transported to a local hospital for further treatment.