A young woman who suffered “minor lacerations” to her foot while swimming in the ocean at Jones Beach, New York, most likely received them from being bitten by a tiger shark, officials say.
The 20-year-old woman had been swimming in waist-deep water at the Central Mall beachfront on Wednesday when she reported being bitten by something in the water, according to New York State Parks official.
She was taken to Nassau County University Medical Center Hospital with non-fatal injuries after lifeguards and EMTs responded to the incident. She reported being unable to see what attacked her, with officials determining that it had most likely been a juvenile sand tiger shark…