New video footage has surfaced that shows the terrifying moments as a 10-year-old boy from Maryland was attacked by a shark at a resort in the Bahamas .
The boy was participating in a “Walking with the Sharks” excursion at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort on 15 January when a shark suddenly bit his leg and the water in the tank turned red from the blood, according to new video footage obtained by TMZ.
“Did that just bite him?” the boy’s mother can be heard asking on the video, before she screams: “Oh my gosh, that’s my son! Call 911!”
An excursion that promises 30 minutes of fun for children aged 10 and up with sharks for $110 quickly turned into a nightmare as the boy was suddenly pulled into the water by his leg.
Witnesses told TMZ the boy climbed into the tank with the staff and that two of the reef sharks were aggressively swimming around the boy when one of them darted through his legs, causing the child to lose his footing and straddle the shark.
The shark then turned around toward the boy and bit into his right leg, which began profusely bleeding in the tank.