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		</div><p>A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming off a New York City beach.</p>
<p>The 50-year-old woman was swimming off Rockaway Beach just before 6pm on Monday when the shark bit her on the left leg, the city’s parks department said.</p>
<p>Lifeguards pulled the woman from the water and administered first aid.</p>
<p>She was taken to Jamaica Hospital in a critical but stable condition with severe cuts to her thigh, a police spokesperson said.</p>
<p>Lifeguards cleared all swimmers from the water and the police used a helicopter to search the area for sharks but did not find any, the parks department said.</p>
<p>Rockaway Beach was closed to swimming and surfing on Tuesday as a precaution.</p>
<p>Experts say shark bites are extremely rare, with only 57 unprovoked bites last year, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File.</p>
<p>The shark bite occurred amid a rise in sightings at New York City and Long Island beaches due to factors including improved water quality and thriving populations of the bunker fish that sharks feed on.</p>
<p>The incident at Rockaway Beach was the first reported in recent memory, the parks department said.</p>
<p>There have been at least five instances of sharks biting swimmers and surfers at Long Island beaches this summer. There have been no deaths.</p>
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