The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets.
A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday and severed his leg, authorities said.
The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets.
His right leg was “completely severed just below the knee,” Maui County said in a news release.
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USA — mix Shark bites 61-year-old Maui surfer, completely severing his leg below knee