As many as four swimmers were injured during shark attacks on Independence Day off South Padre Island, Texas. Watch video below and click here to subscribe to my Rumble Channel.
The U.S. Coast Guard is advising beachgoers not go into the water after two shark bite incidents and two additional encounters were reported.
“The lifeguards were trying to get people out of the water and everyone’s yelling to come out,” eyewitness Ashley Silva told CBS News. “It was a pretty scary sight with all the blood and everything.”
South Padre Island Fire Chief Jim Pigg says the attacks caught them by surprise.
“I’ve lived here 14 years, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Pigg told television stat KRGV.
Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr. called the attacks a “horrendous event.”
“The County wants to extend its thoughts and prayers to the victims and families of these extremely rare and unusual attacks,” said Treviño. “The County is working closely with Mayor Patrick McNulty, the City of South Padre Island, and our state and federal partners to patrol the beaches and take appropriate action.”
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DPS helicopter camera footage from today captured a shark near the SPI shoreline, where multiple people were attacked. https://t.co/P6tRifHDXw pic.twitter.com/HBm35J5VhS
— CBS 4 News (@cbs4rgv) July 4, 2024
Mean while in South Padre Island a tragic Fourth of July for some 💔 pic.twitter.com/onx10cvwZ0
— J LpZ (@janelpz30) July 4, 2024
Shark hunting on South Padre Island after several attacks today. pic.twitter.com/3CNoCGZyML
— SpacePadre (@SpacePadreIsle) July 4, 2024
BREAKING 🚨 Multiple shark attacks and sightings have occurred today in South Padre Island, causing the U.S. Coast Guard to advise beachgoers not to go in the water. https://t.co/QsDukFeZYl pic.twitter.com/rO0gdmjV7c
— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) July 4, 2024
@cnnbrk @FoxNews @ksatnews here’s footage of a shark about 20 feet from shore on South Padre Island this morning… it bit a beachgoer on the thigh, who was taken away on a stretcher by beach EMS. #southpadreislandshark #sharkattack #fourthofjulysharkattack #southpadreisland pic.twitter.com/Wt0HGeBAWh
— Katie McMillan 💛🌵 (@kb_mcmillan) July 4, 2024