Two shark attacks were reported within a week in a popular Pittsburgher vacation spot — Hilton Head Island, S.C.
The latest incident happened on Sunday around noon at Coligny Beach Park, People reported. The attack happened near a lifeguard and in front of the beach path.
WRDW reported that the victim was a teenage girl.
The first happened on June 17, when a 12-year-old girl suffered leg lacerations after being bitten by a shark, ABC News reported.
The girl was bitten in the waters off Sea Pines, CBS News reported.
The girl sustained “a leg injury consistent with lacerations typically associated with a shark bite,” according to a statement from Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue.
In audio from a call obtained by local media outlet WJCL, People said first responders could be heard telling dispatchers that the girl was conscious and breathing, but she had “lost a good amount of blood so far.”
Other recent shark attacks include a June 11 attack on a 9-year-old girl in Florida while snorkeling, according to People.
Leah Lendel underwent intensive surgeries to reattack her hand after being airlifted to Tampa General Hospital, according to CBS News.
“I didn’t see anything. I was just snorkeling. I went up to breathe,” Lendel said. “And then, something hard bit me and tried to take me away.
“Then I pick up my hand and is all in blood. I start screaming with my mom.”
In 2024, there were 28 unprovoked shark bites in the U.S., which was the highest amount of any country, according to the International Shark Attack File, a database run by the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Florida.
Florida had the most at 14, Hawaii had four, Texas had four, California had three, South Carolina had two and North Carolina had one.
Just one shark attack in the U.S. last year — which occurred in Hawaii — was fatal, ISAF said.
Worldwide in 2024, there were a total of 47 unprovoked and 24 provoked shark attack bites, according to the ISAF.
Annually, the ISAF said there are between 70-100 shark attacks resulting in about five deaths. The probability of dying from a shark in a person’s lifetime is 1 in 4,332,817.
