Shark bites teen's leg in attack on North Carolina beach

A teenager is recovering from injuries to his right leg after a shark attack on a North Carolina beach Sunday afternoon.

North Topsail Beach Police Chief William Younginer told Fox News Digital he rushed to the scene in Onslow County where 14-year-old Blayne Brown was bitten.

“I ran to an emergency on the beach. The [police] officers [also] “There was a 14-year-old boy who was bitten by a shark,” he said.

The attack happened around 12:30 p.m. at North Topsail Beach, near Beach Access #4 in Onslow County.

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“We heard a lot of commotion and everyone was shouting, ‘Get out of the water! Shark, shark!'” witness Chasity Keeter told WRAL-TV. “It was really scary.”

Brown is said to have come from West Virginia.

Topsail Island, North Carolina, where a teenager was bitten by a shark this weekend. (Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images)

“I was in the water, like I was screaming for help,” Brown told WWAY-TV3. “People looked at me and thought I was just screaming for the sake of screaming. I didn't even know there was a shark that bit me. It scared me so much.”

The shark bit Brown twice, once on the leg and again on the ankle.

Fortunately, two police officers and an EMS officer were already on scene following a previous, unrelated distress call.

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“Some passersby had pulled it out and they were wrapping a towel around it and stopping the bleeding, which is the right thing to do,” Younginer said. “It is [exactly] what they should have done. »

A tiger shark swims in the Atlantic Ocean. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein photo via Getty Images)

Two officers applied a tourniquet to Brown and he was transported to the nearby Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center, where he is recovering from his injuries.

Younginer explained that shark attacks are extremely rare in the region.

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“We have people stepping on a stingray, things like that, but we haven't had [a shark attack]”, he said. “I've been here since 2018. We haven't had a shark bite.”

Younginer said Brown is expected to be released from the hospital soon.