Woman critically injured after being bitten by shark off New York beach

Woman critically injured after being bitten by shark off New York beach
A woman was bitten by a shark off Rockaway beach (Frank Franklin II/AP)

A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming off a New York City beach.

The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6pm on Monday when the shark bit her on the left leg, the city’s parks department said.

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