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Martin Pengelly

US coast guard rescues man bitten by shark while fishing near Bahamas

A lemon shark swims among fish in Florida. It’s unclear what type of shark but the fisher.
A lemon shark swims among fish in Florida. It’s unclear what type of shark but the fisher. Photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

The US coast guard has released dramatic footage of a fisher being lifted to a helicopter after being bitten on the arm by a shark.

The coast guard in Miami was contacted on Monday by the crew of “the motor vessel Shear Water”, the agency said in a statement.

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