Two teens mauled in Oak Island shark attacks

A pair of serious shark attacks in the same North Carolina town on Sunday has residents and vacationers fearing for their safety.

The mayor of Oak Island, Betty Wallace, said both attacks happened on within just over an hour of one another.

A 16-year-old boy lost his arm, and a 13-year-old girl lost part of her arm and might lose her left leg.

"I saw someone carry this girl (out of the water) and people were swarming around and trying to help," Steve Bouser, who was just beginning his week-long beach vacation, told The Associated Press. "It was quite terrible."

The girl was bleeding heavily, and people applied makeshift tourniquets while asking her questions to try to keep her conscious.

It was "quite nightmarish," Bouser said.

Wallace said Sunday evening that she had no further information on the girl's condition. The girl is not from Oak Island but was visiting family, the mayor said.

Brunswick County Dispatchers said that they received the first call at 4:12 p.m., and agencies including Oak Island Police and the Air Link Helicopter went to the scene. The second shark attack was reported at 5:30 p.m.

A New Hanover County Sheriff's boat and helicopter went out Sunday evening, patrolling the coast and warning people to stay out of the water.

On Thursday, a shark bit a 13-year-old girl while she was boogie boarding off of Ocean Isle beach, also in Brunswick County.

That victim had some cuts on her foot but should be okay.

A New Hanover County Sheriff's boat and helicopter went out Sunday evening, patrolling the coast and warning people to stay out of the water.

On Thursday, a shark bit a 13-year-old girl while she was boogie boarding off of Ocean Isle beach, also in Brunswick County.

That victim had some cuts on her foot but should be okay.

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