COCOA BEACH, Fla. – A 12-year-old boy was airlifted to an Orlando hospital after he was injured, not by a shark or sea creature, but by a surfboard, Brevard County Fire Rescue said on Monday.
The incident happened Sunday afternoon off Cocoa Beach.
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BCFR said on Sunday that the boy was injured by “some kind of bite” before clarifying a day later that the boy’s injury was “caused by a fin on his surfboard.”
The boy suffered a laceration to his knee and was pulled from the water by Brevard County lifeguards, who applied a tourniquet.
He was then airlifted to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.