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A shark attacked a 10-year-old boy in the Keys. He lost part of a leg, his family says
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A shark attacked a 10-year-old boy in the Keys. He lost part of a leg, his family says

A 10-year-old boy on vacation with his family in the Florida Keys was attacked by a shark on Saturday while snorkeling at Looe Key, state wildlife police confirmed Monday. Jameson Reeder Jr. was airlifted by helicopter to a Miami-Dade hospital, where doctors amputated his leg just below the knee “to save his life as it was not operable from the damage the shark had caused,” his uncle Joshua Reeder posted on Facebook. “They said the shark made the decision for him,” Reeder posted on his Facebook page on Sunday. “But his life was spared. Thank you, Yeshua/Jesus!!” The family believes an eight-fo...

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