School of 50 sharks closes down Long Island beach on Fourth of July after two teens bitten: officialsBy Alex Oliveira
July 4, 2023
A school of about 50 sand sharks was spotted off a Long Island beach Tuesday morning — just hours after a girl was bitten at the same beach and nearby a boy suffered injuries in the first confirmed shark attack of the season.
The sharks were seen schooling about 200 yards off Robert Moses Beach around 8 a.m. before beaches opened for the busy Fourth of July holiday as staff conducted a precautionary check of the waters.
“There were about 50 sand sharks that we saw,” Long Island Parks Regional Director George Gorman told The Post.
“Obviously, we did not open for swimming at 8 o’clock when lifeguards came on duty.”
Gorman said staff monitored the school of sharks, also known as sand tiger sharks, with surveillance drones for about an hour and a half before they determined the beaches were safe and opened for the day around 9:30 a.m.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/04/school-of-sharks-closes-down-long-islands-robert-moses-beach-on-july-4th/
