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Boy, 8, Has Leg Saved After Shark Bite While Snorkeling Off Key Largo

Authorities are investigating the incident after the boy was airlifted from Horseshoe Reef to a Miami trauma center.

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Beach with palm trees, coconut trees, and white sand in the park, and warning signs about the presence of crocodiles in the ocean at John Pennekamp Reef Coral Park in Key Largo on the Keys highway in the state of Florida in the United States of America (USA) on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Jc Milhet / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by JC MILHET/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The bite occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday near Horseshoe Reef off Key Largo while the child was snorkeling with family.
  • A nearby charter crew, reported as Horizon Divers, applied tourniquets and rushed the family to Garden Cove Marina for emergency care.
  • Trauma Star airlifted the boy to Jackson Memorial’s Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, where he underwent emergency surgery Monday night.
  • 911 and dispatch audio described a pale patient with a “significant amount of blood loss,” and CBS Miami reported doctors were able to save his leg.
  • The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife were notified, and officials have not confirmed the shark species, though local responders suggested a reef shark.