DAYTONA BEACH — A day after a shark bit a 13-year-old girl on the hand in shallow waters off Zelda Boulevard, swimmers returned to the same waters to wade and bathe, including a man floating on his back around noon today in slightly deeper waters. “I go swimming here every day. It’s beautiful,” said Aiden Magee, a 60-year-old retired businessman, as he waded ashore. He had no intention of altering his routine because of the shark bite, he said.

The victim, identified by officials as Nicole Carlos, of Jupiter, remained hospitalized today in fair condition. She was injured only slightly “in the big picture,” said Scott Petersohn, Volusia County Beach Patrol spokesman. She and her family were unavailable for comment.

[see Orlando Sentinel & their follow-up]

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