A swimmer off the outer banks of North Carolina had to be airlifted to a hospital after the seventh shark attack in the last three weeks.

Hyde County spokesman Sarah Johnson said the victim is a man in his late-50s who suffered wounds to his rib cage, lower leg, hip and both hands.

Witnesses say the man was directly in front of a lifeguard stand when a 6 to 7-foot grey shark attacked him around noon Wednesday.   Johnson said the victim was conscious and stable before being flown to the hospital.

The National Park Service said the attack happened in waist deep water about 25 feet from the shore.

The shark attack today is not the only unusual incident on an East Coast beach.

New Jersey officials reported that the deadly Portuguese Man O’ War have washed up on state beaches.  The organism, which can grow to be a foot long with tentacles that can reach 165 feet, causes severe pain to humans and if it reaches the lymph nodes can cause shock, interference with heart and lung functions, and death.