Sharks bit at least two swimmers on the beaches of Fire Island and another swimmer in the Hamptons on Tuesday, authorities said, startling vacationers, closing beaches and bringing the tally of possible bites at the Long Island summer destinations to five in just two days.
On Fire Island, a shark bit the right hand of a 49-year-old man as he paddled off Fire Island Pines, and another shark punctured the thigh of an adult woman as she swam in Cherry Grove, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
In Southampton, a 47-year-old man swimming in chest-deep waters at Quogue Village Beach was gashed in his right knee by a shark, the Quogue Police Department said.
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