US Edition911 Call Captures Father’s Frantic Response After 8-Year-Old Boy Bitten by Shark Off Key Largo
Rose Burrows, 10, helped control bleeding with a tourniquet after her brother was bitten by a shark while snorkeling; he is recovering well after surgery, officials said.
- On September 1, Richard Burrows, 8-year-old boy, was bitten by a Blacktip reef shark near John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park while snorkeling with his father, David Burrows, 48, and his 10-year-old sister, Rose Burrows, at Horseshoe Reef about four miles off Key Largo.
- During a spearfishing outing on Monday, the group including David Burrows, 48, experienced an attack as scientists note Florida's rising shark populations due to warmer waters and conservation.
- Responders credited quick action from family members and nearby boaters, with Rose applying pressure to a tourniquet while commercial dive captain Richard Hayden helped guide the boat to the marina and assisted with tourniquets.
- He was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Centre where surgeons operated and saved his leg, and the family said he is recovering well and gaining strength.
- The family asked for privacy while focusing on Richard's recovery and thanked rescuers and first responders; the Labor Day attack adds to recent shark incidents in the Florida Keys.
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911 call captures father’s frantic response after 8-year-old boy bitten by shark off Key Largo
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WSVN) — Newly released 911 calls reveal the frantic moments after an 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling in the Florida Keys. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the attack happened while the boy, identified as Richard Burrows, was in the water with family in the area of Horseshoe Reef, off the coast of Key Largo, just before 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The child’s fathe…
Boy, 8, ‘in good spirits' after shark attack off Key Largo, family says
The family of an 8-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark in the ocean off Key Largo on Labor Day is speaking out as he continues his recovery. In a statement Wednesday, the family of Richard Burrows said he suffered a “significant” injury when he was bitten on his knee by a black tip shark while snorkeling on Monday afternoon. Burrows’ father, David, and 10-year-old sister, Rose, were also snorkeling when the shark rushed at them, the family …
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