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[h=4]Two teens lose arms in N.C. shark attacks[/h]Two teenagers were injured in separate shark attacks on the same stretch of North Carolina beach Sunday, according to local officials.
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Two teenagers were severely injured within 90 minutes of each other in two separate shark attacks in North Carolina. Should beachgoers be worried?
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Emergency responders assist a teenage girl at the scene of a shark attack in Oak Island, N.C., June 14, 2015.(Photo: AP/The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C.)
Two teenagers who were injured in separate shark attacks on the same stretch of North Carolina beach Sunday are lucky to be alive, local officials said in a press conference Monday.
The victims, who were not identified, were taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., according to Brian Watts, Brunswick County emergency services director.
A 13-year-old girl's left arm was amputated below the elbow and she also suffered a leg injury, according to Watts. He said a 16-year-old male's arm was also amputated below the shoulder.
Watts said the two teens are in stable condition, but have a "long road ahead."
"The key to the success ... was the fact that bystanders on the beach with both patients did very quick first aid," Watts said.
Both victims were airlifted with "life-threatening injuries" after the separate attacks.
The attacks happened off the coast of Oak Island, about 30 minutes south of Wilmington, N.C. Both victims were "about 20 yards off the shore in waist-deep water" when they were attacked, according to Chris Anselmo, Oak Island, N.C., fire chief.
The 13-year-old girl was bitten around 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoon near a popular pier, according to Tim Holloman, the Oak Island town manager. A little over an hour after the first attack, emergency officials responded to a call about a second shark bite not far from where the first one occurred.
Anselmo said Oak Island beaches are open today and a police helicopter will be looking for sharks near the coast. Swimmers should be cautious, the fire chief said.
"No way that we are going to stop people from going into the water. ... (We) just advise people to be careful and alert," he said.
Holloman said the swimmers should remember to stay in groups, stay away from areas where people are fishing and refrain from getting into the water if you are bleeding or menstruating.
The girl was visiting relatives who live at Oak Island, according to Wallace. The attacks on Sunday come just days after another incident in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., where a 13-year-old girl was bitten by a shark.
"The fact that you had two very serious attacks suggests this is not your average bite from a black tip or a spinner shark, which are most common, and that another species, such as a bull or a tiger shark, might be involved," George Burgess, director of University of Florida's program for shark research, told WWAY-TV.
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