Shark Week dangers hit home as man is badly bitten while saving pregnant fiancée from harm
A Georgia man in his early 20s is recovering after experiencing a shark bite while protecting his pregnant fiancée at a Florida beach.The man was wading in waist-deep water near the Dunlawton Beach Approach in Daytona Beach Shores shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday — just hours before this year's Shark Week kicked off — when a shark estimated to be about 4 feet long bit his left foot and ankle, Volusia County Beach Safety officials told Fox News Digital in a statement."He was treated on scene by Beach Safety personnel and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," officials said.SHARK SIGHTINGS SPIKE NEAR AMERICA'S BEACHES AS JULY 4 CROWDS HEAD TO SHORE FOR WEEKENDThe victim was identified by FOX 5 Atlanta as Jacorey High of Henry County, Georgia.
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A Georgia man in his early 20s is recovering after experiencing a shark bite while protecting his pregnant fiancée at a Florida beach.The man was wading in waist-deep water near the Dunlawton Beach Approach in Daytona Beach Shores shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday — just hours before this year's Shark Week kicked off — when a shark estimated to be about 4 feet long bit his left foot and ankle, Volusia County Beach Safety officials told Fox News Digital in a statement."He was treated on scene by Beach Safety personnel and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," officials said.SHARK SIGHTINGS SPIKE NEAR AMERICA'S BEACHES AS JULY 4 CROWDS HEAD TO SHORE FOR WEEKENDThe victim was identified by FOX 5 Atlanta as Jacorey High of Henry County, Georgia. High said his first priority was getting his pregnant fiancée safely out of the water."I realized right away it was a shark because of the way it bit down on my foot, but I was more worried about getting my fiancée out of the water," High told FOX 5 Atlanta.High said the shark continued to pursue him as he tried to escape."Then it came up to try to get my arm. So I had to push it away from me.
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- A Georgia man in his early 20s is recovering after experiencing a shark bite while protecting his pregnant fiancée at a Florida beach.The man was wading in waist-deep water near the Dunlawton Beach Approach in Daytona Beach Shores shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday — just hours before this year's Shark Week kicked off — when a shark estimated to be about 4 feet long bit his left foot and ankle, Volusia County Beach Safety officials told Fox News Digital in a statement."He was treated on scene by Beach Safety personnel and transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," officials said.SHARK SIGHTINGS SPIKE NEAR AMERICA'S BEACHES AS JULY 4 CROWDS HEAD TO SHORE FOR WEEKENDThe victim was identified by FOX 5 Atlanta as Jacorey High of Henry County, Georgia.
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