Florida authorities responded to two separate shark attacks Monday as a busy summer kicked off.
Volusia County officials responded to separate incidents in which a 12-year-old boy and a 71-year-old man were bitten by sharks.
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The boy, who was visiting from Cocoa Beach, was bitten in the right calf and transported to Halifax Health Medical Center.
The man was standing in waist-deep water with his boogie board in New Smyrna Beach when the shark bit him on his right foot. He was treated at the scene.
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Volusia County Beach Safety rescued 15 people on Monday due to various incidents in the water, Click Orlando reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.