A 46-year-old swimmer was bitten within the torso, left arm and hand. He’s anticipated to outlive. He was swimming with the North County Ocean Swimmers on the time of the incident.
“He was shouting, ‘I’ve been bitten by a shark!’ We may see blood within the water, he mentioned he had been bitten on his chest,” mentioned swimmer Kevin Barrett. He rushed to assist the sufferer.
“I didn’t know what I used to be swimming into. Was there going to be chunks out of him? Would we see a limb or a physique half? I simply didn’t know,” he added.
The shark encounter occurred simply earlier than 9:00 a.m. about 100 yards offshore close to Lifeguard Headquarters in Del Mar.
Barrett mentioned he and one other swimmer helped get the person again to shore. They had been in a position to make use of a close-by surfer’s board as a gurney. He mentioned the entire time, the sufferer was very calm.
“He was amazingly calm,” mentioned Barrett. “You usually hear of victims panicking, drowning their rescuer. I didn’t know what I used to be going out into, however he was extremely calm, simply explaining what occurred.”
In response to lifeguards, the sufferer went via surgical procedure and was within the intensive care unit Monday.
See CBS8