Eight-year-old loses ‘significant amount of blood’ after shark bites him in Florida

<p>Authorities said the boy, who survived and was hospitalized, was bitten while snorkelling near Key Largo</p><p>An eight-year-old child suffered “a significant amount of blood loss” after he was bitten by a shark as he was snorkelling near Key Largo on Monday, authorities in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</a> said.</p><p>The boy survived and was taken by helicopter to hospital in Miami for treatment to a leg wound above the knee. His condition was unknown on Tuesday morning, but <a href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/8-year-old-boy-hospitalized-after-being-bitten-by-shark-in-key-largo/">local media reports</a> described his wounds as “severe”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/florida-key-largo-shark-bite">Continue reading...</a>