The swimmer was injured in the right leg and lower back and was treated at the beach by an ambulance crew, then transported by ambulance and air to a hospital, according to a a news release from the National Park Service Outer Banks Group.

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A witness says the man was bitten on the lower back, buttocks and ankle while trying to get his children out of the water.

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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)