A woman was flown to Miami from the lower Keys over the weekend after she was wounded by a jumping fish while kayaking off Big Pine Key.
Karri Larson, 46, and a friend were kayaking Sunday evening when the fished jumped out of the water and bit her in the chest. When her companion called for help and he told the emergency dispatcher that he couldn’t get the two person kayak back to shore without causing her further injury, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
A Coast Guard rescue crew contacted TowBoat U.S. which used a small boat to ferry a paramedic … Details
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