LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A long-distance swimmer is recovering after being bitten by a shark while attempting a night swim across the Catalina Channel, officials said.

The rare encounter happened early Tuesday near Doctor's Cove off Catalina Island .

What we know:

The incident occurred around 1:20 a.m. when the vessel Bottom Scratcher, a live-aboard scuba diving boat, left Catalina with the injured swimmer on board. The crew met Los Angeles Fire Department boats mid-channel—about 12 miles from the mainland—and transferred the man to firefighters.

Officials said the victim had already been treated on the boat, with wounds to his left foot wrapped before being moved to shore.

He was taken to Fire Station 110 and later transported by ambulance to a hospital, with non-life-threate

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