Maui surfer loses part of leg in shark attack, officials say
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A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday morning and severed his leg, authorities said.
The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning in a surf spot known as Sand Piles when a shark bit him," Maui County said in a news release.
Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His leg was "completely severed just below the knee," officials said.
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