A Florida teenager is unfazed after being attacked by a shark in Florida on Saturday, describing the experience as 'pretty cool.'
Michael Adler, 16, was surfing off Melbourne Beach when a bull shark bit through his ankle, ripping through four tendons and creating a wound that required 40 stitches.
A stranger rushed to the Fort Lauderdale boy's aid as he limped out of the sea, helping to save Adler's foot which will take at least six weeks to recover.
But the teenager has taken the incident in good humor, changing his Twitter name to 'Shark Bait' and promising he won't be out of the surf for long.
Adler had been in the water for around two hours when he fell off his surfboard at 11.00 am on Saturday morning.
He didn't see the shark that bit him but immediately felt pain in his leg.
'His whole jaw just crammed down on my leg and right from there I kind of knew it was a shark attack,' he told ABC News. 'So then I was paddling in as fast as I could.'
Adler told the New York Daily News that it 'wasn't too painful at all. I think it was the adrenaline.'
The cool customer added that the scariest part of the experience was getting back to the beach, as he thought the beast would smell the blood and follow him.
Once he got to the beach a man who seemed to have military training wrapped a surf board leash round Adler's leg, creating a tourniquet which stopped the bleeding.
But Adler was even relaxed enough to flash a peace sign (and a grimace) as he was hauled up the beach on the way to hospital by paramedics.
Doctors credit the stranger for giving them the chance to repair the boy's four damaged tendons.
The bite went right down to the bone and medics think he will need about six weeks recovery time in hospital.
Melbourne Beach is well-known for bull sharks, like the one that made a meal of Adler.
Yet the teenager, who has been surfing since he was four, plans to get back into the waves as soon as possible.
'I am definitely going to surf in the future,' he told ABC. 'I wish I could surf tomorrow.' 'Not many people get bitten by a shark twice, so that’s good. It lowers my chances,' he said to the Daily News.
The three friends he was surfing with even went back to the beach after dropping the wounded Adler off at hospital.
Michael Adler, 16, was surfing off Melbourne Beach when a bull shark bit through his ankle, ripping through four tendons and creating a wound that required 40 stitches.
A stranger rushed to the Fort Lauderdale boy's aid as he limped out of the sea, helping to save Adler's foot which will take at least six weeks to recover.
But the teenager has taken the incident in good humor, changing his Twitter name to 'Shark Bait' and promising he won't be out of the surf for long.
Adler had been in the water for around two hours when he fell off his surfboard at 11.00 am on Saturday morning.
He didn't see the shark that bit him but immediately felt pain in his leg.
'His whole jaw just crammed down on my leg and right from there I kind of knew it was a shark attack,' he told ABC News. 'So then I was paddling in as fast as I could.'
Adler told the New York Daily News that it 'wasn't too painful at all. I think it was the adrenaline.'
The cool customer added that the scariest part of the experience was getting back to the beach, as he thought the beast would smell the blood and follow him.
Once he got to the beach a man who seemed to have military training wrapped a surf board leash round Adler's leg, creating a tourniquet which stopped the bleeding.
But Adler was even relaxed enough to flash a peace sign (and a grimace) as he was hauled up the beach on the way to hospital by paramedics.
Doctors credit the stranger for giving them the chance to repair the boy's four damaged tendons.
The bite went right down to the bone and medics think he will need about six weeks recovery time in hospital.
Melbourne Beach is well-known for bull sharks, like the one that made a meal of Adler.
Yet the teenager, who has been surfing since he was four, plans to get back into the waves as soon as possible.
'I am definitely going to surf in the future,' he told ABC. 'I wish I could surf tomorrow.' 'Not many people get bitten by a shark twice, so that’s good. It lowers my chances,' he said to the Daily News.
The three friends he was surfing with even went back to the beach after dropping the wounded Adler off at hospital.
Source: ABC, DailyMail
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