MARATHON, Fla. – An Atlanta man’s pregnant wife jumped into the water and pulled her husband to safety after he was bitten in the shoulder by a bull shark Sunday in the Florida Keys, according to Monroe County Deputies.
Andrew Charles Eddy, 30, was snorkeling on a reef along with family on a private boat near Marathon in the Florida Keys when witnesses said he was attacked “almost immediately” after entering the water at Sombrero Key Light.
Eddy was airlifted from Marathon Airport to Miami’s Ryder Trauma Center Sunday morning at approximately 10:30 a.m. for a wound to his shoulder while snorkeling near the Overseas Highway.
Investigators said there was no fishing or chumming in the water near where the group was snorkeling.
Shark attacks are rare occurrences especially in areas like Sombrero Key, where fishing and chumming aren’t allowed.