{"id":2289295,"date":"2024-07-04T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-people-attacked-by-shark-near-texas-on-fourth-of-july-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:32:04","slug":"four-people-attacked-by-shark-near-texas-on-fourth-of-july-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-people-attacked-by-shark-near-texas-on-fourth-of-july-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Four people attacked by shark near Texas on Fourth of July &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffour-people-attacked-by-shark-near-texas-on-fourth-of-july-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Based on \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flip-the-script-texas-democrats-look-to-pick-up-wins-by-keeping-focus-close-to-home\/\" title=\"Flipping the Narrative: Texas Democrats Aim for Victories with Local Focus\">provided web \u200csearch results<\/a>,\u200d here is a summary in English of the \u2062incident:<\/p>\n<p>Four\u2062 people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extremists-in-portland-attack-police-officers-vandalize-businesses-set-fires\/\" title=\"Extremists In Portland Attack Police Officers, Vandalize Businesses, Set Fires\">reportedly attacked<\/a> by a shark near Texas \u2063on the Fourth of\u2062 July. The\u2064 incidents occurred in the waters off South \u2062Padre Island, Texas, with\u2062 officials suspecting that only one shark was responsible for the attacks. The South Padre\u200b Island \u2063Police Department received a call around 11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/happening-now-california-trump-supporters-take-over-huntington-beach-pier-to-protest-curfew-videos\/\" title=\"HAPPENING NOW: California Trump Supporters Take Over Huntington Beach Pier to Protest Curfew (VIDEOS)\">local time<\/a>\u2063 reporting a man suffering a severe shark bite to the leg. \u2064This alarming \u2062incident highlights the potential dangers in ocean waters, \u2062especially during holiday \u2062celebrations. It serves as a reminder to exercise caution\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-hit-with-new-lawsuit-from-three-former-rust-crew-members\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Hit With New Lawsuit From Three Former &quot;Rust&quot; Crew Members\">follow safety guidelines<\/a> when enjoying recreational activities in the \u2062sea.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Four people attacked by shark near Texas on Fourth of July<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/cami-mondeaux\/\">Cami Mondeaux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-04T18:44:17-04:00\">July 4, 2024 6:44 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693677\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Four people reportedly suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3033468\/shark-attacks-nationwide-result-in-closed-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shark bites<\/a> Thursday in the waters off South Padre Island, Texas, with officials believing there may only be one shark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1072787\/us-shark-attacks-hit-highest-level-since-2000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>behind the attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South Padre Island Police Department received a call around 11 a.m. local time with reports of a man suffering a \u201csevere\u201d shark bite to the leg, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/south-padre-island-shark-attack\/story?id=111677292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to ABC News<\/a>. First responders from the South Padre Island police and fire departments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/south-texas\/article\/shark-attack-texas-19555079.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>treated him<\/a> at the scene before transporting him to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Details about his condition are not yet clear. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/948870243658125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Another video<\/a> shows a woman being pulled to shore while bleeding from her leg while other beachgoers apply a tourniquet to the wound. The video then zooms out to show a shark swimming in the water. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shark has since returned to the open waters and there is no plan to contain it at this time, according to a local ABC News affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted spokespeople for the South Padre Island Police Department and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for more information. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693677\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693677\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four individuals were reportedly attacked by a shark near Texas on the Fourth of July, with officials suspecting that only one shark was responsible for the incidents. The South Padre Island Police Department responded to a call about a man who had suffered a severe shark bite to his leg, and he was treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital. Another person, a woman, was seen being brought to shore with a leg wound while bystanders applied a tourniquet, with a shark visible in the water nearby. The shark has since returned to the open waters, and there are no current plans to contain it. The Washington Examiner reached out to local authorities for more information on the incidents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2289296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shark-attack-scaled-1024x596.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33804,4133,32488,3694,32076],"class_list":["post-2289295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-news","tag-shark-attack","tag-texas","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shark-attack-scaled-1024x596.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}