LOS ANGELES – A 50-year-old man was attacked by a shark while swimming from Catalina Island to the California coast while attempting to swim the Catalina Crossing in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

According to FOX 11 Los Angeles , Chris Murray was swimming alone just off Catalina Island around 1:20 a.m. when he was bitten by what officials believe was a 3-to-4-foot juvenile great white shark near Doctor's Cove.

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After the attack, Murray boarded his accompanying vessel, Bottom Scratcher, and was treated for injuries to his left hand and left foot. The crew then contacted emergency officials and was met by a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) rescue boat in the middle of the Catalina Channel about 12 miles from the mainland. He was subsequ

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