官员称，劳动节那天，一名8岁男孩在佛罗里达州基拉戈海岸浮潜时被鲨鱼咬伤。
门罗县治安官办公室表示，事件发生在周一下午3点24分左右脸书邮报。受害者被外伤之星空运到迈阿密的杰克逊纪念医院。
官员们向美国海岸警卫队和佛罗里达州鱼类和野生动物保护委员会通报了这一事件。
男孩目前的状况尚未公布。
这次袭击标志着佛罗里达群岛地区一系列鲨鱼遭遇中的最新一起。去年7月，一名37岁的男子在基韦斯特附近的一个礁石附近用鱼叉捕鱼时，被一只牛鲨多次咬伤，幸免于难。
Shark bites 8-year-old boy in Florida Keys, prompts airlift to Miami hospital: Sheriff
An 8-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, on Labor Day, officials said.
The incident occurred around 3:24 p.m. on Monday, Monroe County Sheriff's Office said inFacebook post.The victim was airlifted by Trauma Star to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
Officials notified the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission about the incident.
The boy's current condition has not yet been released.
This attack marks the latest in a series of shark encounters in the Florida Keys region. Last July, a 37-year-old man survived multiple bites from a bull shark while spearfishing near a reef off Key West.
