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  Diver Bitten By Shark 50 Miles East Of Ft. Laud

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Diver Bitten By Shark 50 Miles East Of Ft. Laud

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― A South Florida diver is hospitalized after being bitten by a shark.

The Coast Guard said they dispatched a HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Miami after receiving a mayday call from a crewmember aboard the Sheerwater, a commercial diving boat out of Riviera Beach, around 10 a.m.

The chopper located the dive boat about 50 miles east of Ft. Lauderdale and hoisted a 50-year old man onboard.

The man said he was on a dive off the boat early Sunday morning when he was bitten by a shark. The Coast Guard flew the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment. No word on the man's condition.

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