Boy loses leg in second Florida shark attack

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who lost a leg following the second shark attack in three days along the Florida Panhandle was in critical condition yesterday and doctors were hoping he hadn’t suffered any brain damage from the blood loss.

Craig Adam Hutto, of Lebanon, Tennessee, survived the attack on Monday but his leg was amputated.

Dr Reed Finne, a cardiovascular surgeon at Bay Medical Centre in Panama City, said yesterday Craig’s leg suffered irreparable damage to blood vessels and nerves between the hip and knee, as well as to most of the surrounding muscle.