An off-duty police officer in Florida jumped into the ocean to pull a boogie-boarding boy to safety after a shark was spotted swimming toward the child in a heart-pounding video. SHARK 'GRABBED' 10-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM BOAT IN TASMANIA: REPORTPolice shared a bystander’s video showing a shark fin cutting through the water’s surface as it swims toward the boy. Kosicki and the boy reached the safety of the beach as the shark swam within just feet of them, according to the video. Brevard County, where Cocoa Beach is located, has Florida’s second highest number of shark attacks behind Volusia County, according to the paper. Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, is known as the shark bite capital of the world.

Source: Fox News July 19, 2020 15:33 UTC