SARASOTA, UNITED STATES – August 26:
Early morning visitors sit on Siesta Beach on August 26, 2018 in Siesta Key, Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency earlier this month in several counties due to red tide.
(Photo by Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A Florida man was bitten by a shark and walked home bleeding where a woman called 911 and had him taken to a hospital.
News outlets reported the man was swimming in the waters off Siesta Key, Florida, when the attack happened.
WTVT reported a woman called 911 and said the 39-year-old man had been bitten on his hand and arm and was bleeding profusely. She was heard reassuring him “everything’s going to be OK.”
Sarasota Memorial Hospital spokesman Kim Savage said a man had been admitted Tuesday and the wound was confirmed to have been a shark bite, but she said she could not provide any more details on his condition or personal information.
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