8-year-old boy in critical condition after shark attack while diving

According to Daily Mail, while diving with his father and sister near Horseshoe Reef, Key Largo, at around 3:30 p.m. on September 1, an 8-year-old boy was suddenly attacked by a shark.

Horseshoe Reef. Photo: The Washington Post.

WPLG reported that a nearby boat witnessed the incident and helped bring the family back to Garden Cove Marina, where paramedics said the boy's injuries were severe due to massive blood loss after being bitten above the knee by the shark.

"The baby has been given two tourniquets. We have also bandaged the patient to stop the bleeding," the doctor said.

The child was later airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami in "critical" condition.

The boy was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Photo: Jackson Memorial.

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay confirmed to the Miami Herald that the boy underwent surgery on the evening of September 1. It is unclear how long it will take for the boy to recover from the horrific attack.

The sheriff's office has notified the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of the incident.

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