A 20-year-old woman was swimming in waist-deep water at a popular beach in Long Island, New York, when officials believe she was most likely bitten by a young sand tiger shark earlier this week.

CBS News New York The most recent statistics from 2024 show attacks are rare. There were just 28 unprovoked shark bites and one fatality in the entire United States last year.

June 29 (UPI) --A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile sand tiger shark while swimming off a New York beach, officials said. The unidentified woman was waist-deep in the surf at the ...

Officials said the woman, who was waist deep in the water, was “most likely” bitten by a sand tiger shark. It marks the first suspected shark bite in the New York City area since 2023.

A 20-year-old woman was most likely bitten by a shark on Wednesday at Jones Beach on Long Island in New York in what an official said was the first such attack of the season at a beach at a New ...

Kaz Daughtry, New York City’s deputy mayor for public safety, posted drone videos on X that pointed out shark activity at Rockaway Beach in Queens. In one video, two sharks could be seen near ...

WANTAGH, N.Y. — A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark while waist-deep in the surf at a suburban New York beach, according to state officials. The unidentified woman suffered ...