Cape Cod Shark Attack Victim Identified As New York Man
TRURO (CBS) -- Authorities have identified the swimmer attacked and seriously injured by a shark at a Cape Cod beach Wednesday afternoon as William Lytton.
The Cape Cod National Seashore said the 61-year-old from Scarsdale, New York is with family at Tufts Medical Center, where the hospital said he is in serious condition.
The attack happened at Long Nook Beach at about 4:00 p.m. Lytton suffered puncture wounds to his hip and torso. Two recent graduates of the Boston College nursing school came to his aid, and beachgoers helped carry him up a steep dune to the parking lot.
The Truro beach remains closed until further notice.
Wednesday's incident was the first shark attack in Massachusetts since a shark attacked another swimmer in Truro in 2012.