SUMMERLAND KEY, Fla. – Medics airlifted a man to a Miami-Dade hospital after a shark reportedly bit him as he was fishing off the Florida Keys Friday, according to sheriff’s officials.
According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Adam Linhardt, the 35-year-old had been fishing off a dock on Flagship Drive in Summerland Key, around 8 p.m. when a shark bit him in the foot.
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Deputies said the shark was reeled out of the water and placed on the dock when it bit the man.
Linhardt said the man was airlifted by a Monroe County Trauma Star helicopter to Jackson South Medical Center.
Authorities didn’t release the man’s name as of Saturday morning.