Surfer Frantically Paddles To Escape Approaching Shark
Boy Hospitalized After Bite In Same Area Hours Before
POSTED: Friday, July 25, 2008
UPDATED: 7:45 am EDT July 28,
2008
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A surfer in New Smyrna Beach was caught on tape kicking and paddling frantically after spotting a shark closing in on him a day after a boy was bitten in the same area.
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A TV news helicopter spotted the surfer paddling in the water unaware that a shark was nearby.Video showed the surfer eventually noticing the shark and then fleeing. He is seen kicking when the shark is near his feet. Just hours before the encounter, a 15- year-old was hospitalized after jumping on a shark."It appears that he actually just put his foot right into the shark's mouth," victim's mother Tammy Zettle said. "It is just a straight on shot and there are a lot of deep cuts and lacerations on the top."Officials said the Troy Zettle was bitten by the shark in about 10 feet of water near the 2700 block of North Atlantic Avenue.The cuts on Zettle's foot and leg were so severe that he will have to have an operation on his right foot.He may have also suffered tendon damage.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Shark Encounter ImagesA TV news helicopter spotted the surfer paddling in the water unaware that a shark was nearby.Video showed the surfer eventually noticing the shark and then fleeing. He is seen kicking when the shark is near his feet. Just hours before the encounter, a 15- year-old was hospitalized after jumping on a shark."It appears that he actually just put his foot right into the shark's mouth," victim's mother Tammy Zettle said. "It is just a straight on shot and there are a lot of deep cuts and lacerations on the top."Officials said the Troy Zettle was bitten by the shark in about 10 feet of water near the 2700 block of North Atlantic Avenue.The cuts on Zettle's foot and leg were so severe that he will have to have an operation on his right foot.He may have also suffered tendon damage.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Previous Stories:
- July 23, 2008: Boy Accidentally Jumps On Shark
- July 15, 2008: Shark Photographed Jumping Over Surfers
- April 29, 2008: Sharks Bite 3 Swimmers In 3 Days
- April 28, 2008: Sharks Bite Fla. Swimmers
- March 6, 2008: Man Reels In 13-Foot Hammerhead Shark
- February 13, 2008: Fla. County Is World's Shark Bite Capital
- February 7, 2008: Surfer Punched Shark During Attack
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