Charlotte man recounts Outer Banks shark attack

A 47-year-old man who was attacked by a shark off the North Carolina coast on Friday is now being called a hero. Patrick Thornton was on vacation with his family in the Outer Banks when a 5-foot long, dark-colored shark bit him while he was playing in

The search comes as media organisations tweeted photos of what appears to be a large shark reportedly spotted near the scene of the attack. A 32-year-old local man is critically injured in Gold Coast Hospital after being pulled from the water at

Wednesday's attack marks the seventh incident on North Carolina beaches in June and July. Last year, there were only four reported in the state through the summer. George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark 

North Carolina saw six shark attacks in the course of just one month, so of course news media is trying to link the unusually high amount of bites to global warming. National Geographic published a piece exploring the 

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — A teenager is in critical condition after another shark attack off the North Carolina coast, the sixth one in about two weeks. The victim, said to be 17 or 18, was attacked at about 4 p.m. Saturday at a