With shark bites increasing across Long Island, what to know if you encounter one while swimming
LONG ISLAND -- Tobay Beach reopened to swimmers after a shark sighting shut it down on Thursday, and officials across Long Island say patrols will be on the water and in the skies with helicopters and drones all weekend as shark encounters increase in frequency.
On Sunday, a few miles away at Robert Moses State Park, beachgoers recorded videos on their cell phones of a shark near the shore.RELATED |But what should you do if you encounter a shark while swimming? Knowing how to respond could mean the difference between life and death. "If they really were to bite and wanted to eat us, we would be losing limbs and have a lot more external damages to us from a lot of the attacks," he said."Because sharks are extremely powerful animals."Lifeguard Zach Gallo was bit in his hand and chest at Smith Point Beach and said he repeatedly punched the shark to defend himself.
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