NEW YORK — The family of Tatyana Koltunyuk, who was attacked by a shark at Rockaway Beach front, states she is nonetheless getting handled and has a extensive highway to restoration.
Koltunyuk, 65, was swimming shut to the shore when a shark bit her leg on Aug. 8. She underwent 5 surgical procedures above the up coming 8 times mainly because the bite was so undesirable.
Koltunyuk has substantially confined mobility and her relatives anticipates numerous several years of intense therapy. She will probable have a long lasting incapacity, they mentioned.
New safeguards are in put at the beach front due to the fact the attack. Lifeguards are undergoing bleed-regulate schooling and authorities are applying drones to keep an eye on the h2o for sharks.
Koltunyuk, her husband and daughter immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine in 1996, her family members said. Her partner died a number of weeks just after they arrived.
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