A nine-year-old boy is resting in the hospital after his shark bitten his shoulder near Miami Beach, according to a local report.
The Minnesota family was on vacation in Florida, and the boy was only in the water for a few minutes when his mother realized something was wrong.
Kristine Weiskopf was in the water with her son, Jay, when it happened.
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“I was holding his hand the whole time and he was surfing a little bit and had fallen face down,” Kristine told Local 10 News.
“He just said, ‘Ow,’ and I looked down and saw a three-meter-long gray shark swimming away, so I picked it up and took it to the beach.”
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Miami Beach Fire Rescue responded to the scene and transported Jay to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The family said the beach remained open even after the attack.
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“What I don’t like right now is that the beach is still open, and the kids are still playing down there, and they are in the same place where my son was just attacked,” said the boy’s father, Ren. “I don’t know if it’s just spring break for anything, but the beach should be closed.”
Fox News contacted the Miami Beach Fire Department, which manages Fire Rescue, for comment.
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Florida witnesses most shark attacks in the U.S., which is also the number one shark attack site in the world, according to an archive from the Florida Museum.
Almost all attacks are not fatal year on year.