A 32-year-old woman is recovering in a Florida hospital after she was bitten by a shark while spearfishing Sunday in the Bahamas, authorities said.
The Massachusetts native was bitten as she was swimming to her boat with a speared fish in the Treasure Cay area of Abaco Island in the Bahamas, officials said.
She was flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Fort Lauderdale.
The woman told authorities that she “isn't mad at the shark because getting attacked is a common risk with spearfishing."
The woman, whose name was not given, suffered severe trauma to her left hand.
American tourist severely injured in shark attack while spearfishing in the Bahamas.
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Officials say the unnamed Massachusetts native suffered severe trauma to her left hand and was flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Florida. https://t.co/TvtC9HJ48W pic.twitter.com/L8zbGLx7eH
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