yesterday, this as the beach increases shark surveillance following an attack on monday that left a woman in critical condition. nate foy is live with the latest right there from rockaway beach. hey, molly. the police and fire departments are using drones every dingell sr. single day, from 9 a.m. until sunset to monitor the water cans and try to spot any sharks before, god forbid, any more attacks. this comes after mononight s heart attack attack on a 65 year woman. yesterday there was another shark sighting, another scare here at rockaway beach. our producer seth was here for this. you see lifeguards pulling people out of the water. this process took ab an hour, and i mention it comes after a shark attack on mono, the first major shark attack in new york city since the 1950s. take a look at this next picture. here s how the drone process will work. if the fdny and nypd each have one drone that they will launch up. the pilot will look for any
sightings just east of here yesterday and one confirmed sighting west of here. those beaches shut down for a short time. usually for an hour when they have a shark sighting. then they open them back up. this one they have closed. they may open it up later today because they are going to have drone patrols over the beach. i want to show you this. this is the beach where that happened. first time in 70 years, as far as we can tell, that a shark has bitten somebody here. look at all the birds. i don t know if you can catch that. there are lots and lots of birds out there feeding on school of fish and that s what brings sharks to this area. there s very few people we saw a couple surfers in the water, which they are not supposed to be, but this is the beach. she was standing waist-high water. the shark came up and bit her left thigh, bleeding very badly. it was a very serious injury.
beach was closed earlier after at least one possible shark sighting. talking with officials to use the high-tech drones to see if they can see shark activity. as the woman continues to recover, telling everyone to be vigilant. sandra: is she still in critical condition? she s in the hospital in stable condition now, she was in critical last night, but still, when we saw pictures from the beachgoers were injuries were bad. sandra: a lot of blood loss, i know that. and we are at brand-new hour here, top of the hour and a fox news alert, two top republican candidates holding duelling events in the battle ground state of new hampshire. donald trump campaigning the first time since his indictment. john: and we are about two weeks out from the first
time today temporarily shutting down another nearby beach after a separate shark sighting this morning. nearly half of all confirmed shark attacks in new york s recent history have happened in the past two years. over the july 4th holiday, at least five reported shark bites off long island. 15-year-old peter bitten while surfing. my first reaction to when the shark grabbed my foot was to immediately get out the water, get help. reporter: experts say warming waters are drawing more fish to shore, in turn luring sharks, leading to these dangerous encounters. and mary, it s still unclear what kind of shark is responsible for this attack. and officials have not yet been able to find it. we did hear from the hospital, and the woman who was attacked is now in stable condition. mary? mary: and we are grateful for that. trevor, thank you. next tonight, three people are facing assault charges after that dockside brawl in alabama. a fourth man is wanted for questioning. the incident star