Terrifying shark mauls 13-year-old in brutal attack, leaving child with gaping foot wounds

He was left with two gaping wounds in his foot. Logan needed 19 stitches. According to the Daily Mirror, he said: “I was coming in and he bit my foot and then he bit it again.

“It was probably a 2-foot shark.”

The attack happened at around 4.30pm in the afternoon.

Mother Jennifer Radd rushed Logan to hospital.

She told Florida Today: “He just told me, ‘mommy, don’t cry’.”

In 2018, Florida’s International Shark Attack file reported 66 shark attacks, 32 of which occurred in the US.

Brevard County is according to 2010 census data, the tenth most populated county in the US.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre is within the county.

Cape Canaveral as a city is also within its boundaries.

According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) most shark attacks are considered to be unprovoked.

The shores of the US are the most common areas for these attacks.