2 New Smyrna Beach Surfers Bitten By Sharks
Neither Injury Life-Threatening
POSTED: Sunday, April 27, 2008
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Authorities said two surfers were injured in shark attacks in New Smyrna Beach over the weekend.Capt. Jack Driskell, with the Volusia County Beach Patrol, said a 24-year-old man stepped off his surfboard in chest deep water Sunday morning and his right calf was bitten.Driskell said the man was attacked by a shark. He adds that the injuries are not life or limb threatening.On Saturday another man drove himself to the hospital after a shark bit his foot while he surfed in New Smyrna Beach.Mark Pattison, 21, said he was in chest deep water when a shark bit his right foot. He told the beach patrol that the shark let go after he jumped off his board and hit it. Pattison underwent minor surgery for the bite.
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