A man who was partaking in a long-distance swim off the coast of California was bitten by a shark Tuesday morning. According to authorities, the unidentified swimmer, aged between 50 to 55, was swimming the popular 20-mile Catalina Channel, which takes swimmers from Catalina Island to the mainland, when he was attacked. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was alerted to the incident around 1:30 a.m. by crew members from the swimmer’s pace boat. “It sounded like about a three to four-foot white shark just nipped at his leg and his foot and then took off,” said LAFD Fireboat Pilot Shaun Corby to KTLA. The victim was around halfway between Catalina and the mainland coast when he was bit, resulting in minor wounds that were already treated by the time the Fire Department arrived at the scene. “He had minor wounds to his leg, and they were already wrapped up,” Corby said. “We just grabbed the victim and transported him back to our station, and transported him to the hospital.” According to Corby, shark bite incidents in this region of the Pacific Ocean are considered “super rare.”
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