The owner that operates a diving experience in the Bahamas where a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark this week said late Wednesday that an.
The owner that operates a diving experience in the Bahamas where a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark this week said late Wednesday that an.
Philip Waller/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A shark experience in the Bahamas has temporarily closed after a 10-year-old boy from the United States was attacked by a shark during a recent excursion, the operator said.
The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. local time Monday on Paradise Island, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a news release.
The boy was bitten on the right leg by a shark "while participating in an expedition in a Shark Tank at a local resort on Paradise Island," the release said.
The boy who was visiting from Maryland was transported to a hospital and was in serious but stable condition, police told ABC News Good Morning America.
The boy left the hospital at 10:40 pm local time Wednesday and was airlifted back to Maryland for continued care, a hospital spokesperson told ABC News.
The incident occurred at the Atlantis Bahamas resort on Paradise Island, which is known for its marine lagoons. The resort, which appears to have removed references t
Visitors to the Bahamas hotel can don wetsuits and diving gear to walk through the hotel's shark exhibit, coming face to face with the dangerous beasts, but police are investigating an attack