Sunday, 4 March 2012

10-YEAR-OLD CRITICALLY HURT IN VIRGINIA SHARK ATTACK.(MAIN)

Byline: -- Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A shark attacked a 10-year-old boy swimming off the Virginia coast Saturday, releasing the boy's leg only when his father hit the shark on the head, officials said. The boy was in critical condition.

David Peltier, 10, was bitten as he swam about 50 feet from shore in about 4 feet of water, said Ed Brazle, division chief for the city's Emergency Medical Services.

A shark about 8 feet long grabbed him off Sandbridge Beach, witnesses said.

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