Woman Critically Injured by Rare Shark Bite Off NYC’s Rockaway Beach

Woman Critically Injured by Rare Shark Bite Off NYC’s Rockaway Beach
People enjoy the water at Rockaway Beach in the Queens borough of New York on July 19, 2022. Frank Franklin II/AP
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NEW YORK—A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach, officials said.

The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6 p.m. Monday when a shark bit her on the left leg, the city parks department said in a statement.