Navy Base Worker's Lunchtime Swim Turns Terrifying
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Key Points:
- A civilian employee at Naval Support Activity Panama City in Florida was critically injured in a shark attack during a lunchtime swim on Monday.
- The man, believed to be in his late 20s, suffered serious injuries to both arms and was rushed to HCA Gulf Coast Hospital for surgery.
- The attack occurred around 11:45 a.m. while the victim was swimming with a co-worker, who was unharmed.
- Video footage shows the victim screaming for help near the marina with a shark's dorsal fin visible before he disappears underwater.
- The base's commanding officer praised first responders and offered support to the victim's family; the area is known as a nursery for shark species.