Shark sightings trigger beach alarm after swimmer is bitten during summer spike

A surge in shark sightings and a swimmer’s shark bite have beachgoers on the East Coast on high alert. A small sand tiger shark is likely what bit a man who suffered non-life-threatening lacerations to his foot while swimming at Jones Beach State Park Field 6 on Long Island over the Fourth of July weekend, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation determined. The beach was temporarily closed while state officials searched for more sharks , but they reopened it to restricted swi