{"id":1089,"date":"2024-08-10T21:22:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickmen.us\/news\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2024-08-10T21:22:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T21:22:26","slug":"teenager-going-for-a-fast-swim-severely-injured-in-shark-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickmen.us\/news\/teenager-going-for-a-fast-swim-severely-injured-in-shark-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager going for a fast swim severely injured in shark assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-543741ec=\"\">\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-543741ec=\"\">\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-543741ec=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-543741ec=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-543741ec=\"\">Florida man recounts Bahamas shark assault<\/h4>\n<p data-v-543741ec=\"\">Marlin Wakeman, 24, fell right into a \u2018shark den\u2019 after a misstep on the Bahamas dock the place he was working April 26. He was swarmed by 20 sharks when he hit the water, he stated, however he managed to wrest himself away. (Credit: WSVN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A 15-year-old woman from Aspen, Colorado, was severely injured in a shark assault whereas scuba diving in Belize this week, based on experiences and a fundraising web page arrange for the teenager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Annabelle Carlson had simply completed scuba diving together with her household and a tour group and had gotten again onto the tour boat on Tuesday, when she determined to leap again within the water for a fast swim, the fundraising web page arrange by a good friend of the household defined.<\/p>\n<p>The teen misplaced her leg within the assault, the Belize Coast Guard advised ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s when the unimaginable encounter happened. The odds are 1 in 11.5 million that this could happen. That unimaginable encounter was a shark attack. It was a very aggressive, very traumatic, terror-filled fight for her life,&#8221; the fundraising web page stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>US LEADS THE WORLD IN UNPROVOKED SHARK BITES<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/343\/192\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/686\/384\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/672\/378\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1344\/756\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/931\/523\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1862\/1046\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/720\/405\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1440\/810\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/belize-shark.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A split of Belize and a shark\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A 15-year-old from Colorado was severely injured in a shark assault whereas scuba diving in Belize this week, based on experiences and a fundraising web page arrange for the teenager.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Getty)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Annabelle was able to fight off the attack as best as she could but was critically injured in the fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson was airlifted to a hospital in Belize City, it stated, including, &#8220;The quick action from the emergency response team in Belize saved her life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carlson has since been flown again to the U.S., the place she stays in a hospital receiving care, the fundraising web page stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>US LEADS THE WORLD IN UNPROVOKED SHARK BITES<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/343\/192\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/686\/384\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/672\/378\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1344\/756\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/931\/523\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1862\/1046\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/720\/405\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1440\/810\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/scuba-divers-in-belize.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Scuba divers in Belize\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Scuba divers discover the stalactites contained in the Great Blue Hole, an enormous marine sinkhole, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Andre Seale\/VW PICS\/Universal Images Group by way of Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carlson\u2019s tour group was in Half Moon Caye within the Gulf of Honduras round 50 miles south of Belize City when she was attacked, ABC reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUSTRALIAN SURFER SPEAKS OUT AFTER \u2018BIGGEST SHARK I\u2019VE EVER SEEN&#8217; RIPPED HIS LEG OFF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andre Perez, minister of Belize&#8217;s Blue Economy, advised an area TV station, &#8220;We\u2019re being informed that the victim is OK, is alive, made it. What is the magnitude of the damage? We don\u2019t know as yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/343\/192\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/686\/384\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/672\/378\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1344\/756\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/931\/523\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1862\/1046\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/720\/405\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1440\/810\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1200\/675\/BELIZE-CITY.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Belize City\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Carlson was airlifted to Belize City after the assault earlier than being taken again to the U.S.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Johan Ordonez\/AFP by way of Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FRESH NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to the Belize Coast Guard for remark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/teenager-quick-swim-severely-injured-shark-attack\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Florida man recounts Bahamas shark assault Marlin Wakeman, 24, fell right into a \u2018shark den\u2019 after a misstep on the Bahamas dock the place he was working April 26. He was swarmed by 20 sharks when he hit the water, he stated, however he managed to wrest himself away. 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