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Two more swimmers were apparently attacked by sharks off Long Island on Tuesday — a day after a 15-year-old surfer was bitten at a nearby beach.
Tuesday’s reported attacks both happened just before 2 p.m. about 60 miles apart from each other.
A 47-year-old man was enjoying the water at Quogue Village Beach in the Hamptons when he felt an apparent bite to his right knee, Quogue police said.
He told authorities that he did not see a shark.
Shortly after, a 49-year-old man reported that his hand was bitten while swimming at Fire Island Pines Beach — not far from where a 15-year-old boy was bitten while surfing a day earlier.
The teen was nipped on left heel and toes around 5:20 p.m. on Monday, Suffolk County police said.
He swam to shore in Kismet and was aided by a good Samaritan before he was treated at a local hospital for puncture wounds.
