A church in Mountain Brook is holding a prayer service Sunday for two of its teenage members who were injured in a shark attack Friday afternoon along Florida's Gulf Coast.The service is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, located at 3736 Montrose Road, Birmingham, AL 35213.During church service Sunday morning, the Reverend Richmond Webster said the two girls are active in the church youth group and are dearly loved. > > PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 2 Mountain Brook teens and woman seriously injured in back-to-back shark attacks along Florida Gulf CoastFire officials said a shark attacked the girls near Sandy Shores Court off Seacrest Beach.They were swimming in waist-deep water with a group of friends just inside the beach's first sandbar.One of the girls suffered significant injuries to one upper extremity and one lower extremity. She was airlifted to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, where she was listed in critical condition.The second girl received a "flesh wound" to her right foot and was in stable condition.Officials with the South Walton Fire District said that multiple citizens with medical expertise were on the scene and rendered "life-saving aid."Less than two hours earlier, around 1:20 p.m., and about four miles west of there, the Walton County Sheriff's Office and South Walton Fire District had responded to another shark attack.The Walton County Sheriff's Office reported that a 45-year-old woman was injured in a shark attack in Founders Lane at Watersound Beach, Florida.The woman, who had reportedly swum past the beach's first sandbar with her husband, suffered "significant trauma to her midsection and pelvic area" and lost the lower portion of her left arm, according to the South Walton Fire District.She was immediately treated on the beach before being airlifted to the HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition."These types of incidents, while we've had some of those here along our history, they're highly unusual, extremely unusual for two to happen in the same afternoon and within four miles of each other," said South Walton Fire District Chief Ryan Crawford.Double red flags were flying across Walton County Beaches, officially closing the Gulf of Mexico to the public until further notice.Earlier that day, the South Walton Fire District put up yellow and purple flags for moderate surf hazards and stinging marine life.The Walton County Sheriff's Office said that the last shark incident in Walton County was in June 2021. A 14-year-old survived a bite in the chest after swimming 40 yards from the shore in Grayton State Park.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. —
A church in Mountain Brook is holding a prayer service Sunday for two of its teenage members who were injured in a shark attack Friday afternoon along Florida's Gulf Coast.
The service is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, located at 3736 Montrose Road, Birmingham, AL 35213.
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During church service Sunday morning, the Reverend Richmond Webster said the two girls are active in the church youth group and are dearly loved.
> > PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 2 Mountain Brook teens and woman seriously injured in back-to-back shark attacks along Florida Gulf Coast
Fire officials said a shark attacked the girls near Sandy Shores Court off Seacrest Beach.
They were swimming in waist-deep water with a group of friends just inside the beach's first sandbar.
One of the girls suffered significant injuries to one upper extremity and one lower extremity. She was airlifted to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, where she was listed in critical condition.
The second girl received a "flesh wound" to her right foot and was in stable condition.
Officials with the South Walton Fire District said that multiple citizens with medical expertise were on the scene and rendered "life-saving aid."
Less than two hours earlier, around 1:20 p.m., and about four miles west of there, the Walton County Sheriff's Office and South Walton Fire District had responded to another shark attack.
The Walton County Sheriff's Office reported that a 45-year-old woman was injured in a shark attack in Founders Lane at Watersound Beach, Florida.
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— Walton Co. Sheriff (@WCSOFL) June 7, 2024WOMAN INJURED IN REPORTED SHARK INCIDENT IN WATERSOUND; DOUBLE RED FLAGS NOW FLYING ON WALTON COUNTY BEACHES IN SURROUNDING AREA
Just after 1:15 pm @WCSOFL and @swfdinfo responded to a report of a woman being injured by a shark in the water near Watersound Way and Coopersmith… pic.twitter.com/atAkWyf875
The woman, who had reportedly swum past the beach's first sandbar with her husband, suffered "significant trauma to her midsection and pelvic area" and lost the lower portion of her left arm, according to the South Walton Fire District.
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She was immediately treated on the beach before being airlifted to the HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.
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— Walton Co. Sheriff (@WCSOFL) June 7, 2024WCSO AND SWFD RESPONDING TO SECOND SHARK INCIDENT IN INLET BEACH; WATER IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC IN WALTON COUNTY@WCSOFL and @swfdinfo are responding to the area of Shoreline Drive following multiple reports of a teenager injured by a shark.
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"These types of incidents, while we've had some of those here along our history, they're highly unusual, extremely unusual for two to happen in the same afternoon and within four miles of each other," said South Walton Fire District Chief Ryan Crawford.
Double red flags were flying across Walton County Beaches, officially closing the Gulf of Mexico to the public until further notice.
Earlier that day, the South Walton Fire District put up yellow and purple flags for moderate surf hazards and stinging marine life.
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The Walton County Sheriff's Office said that the last shark incident in Walton County was in June 2021. A 14-year-old survived a bite in the chest after swimming 40 yards from the shore in Grayton State Park.
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