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A woman bitten by a shark in Volusia County Saturday afternoon spoke about the attack with WESH 2.

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A woman bitten by a shark in Volusia County Saturday afternoon spoke about the attack with WESH 2.

What was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway in Daytona Beach Shores quickly turned to shock after an Ohio woman, Tasa Summers, 40, was bit by a shark. 

Want to eat. spit him out and thankfully no significant organs were severed. the problem with sharks teeth is theyre so sharp, that test bite can cause a lot of damage. your average shark bite even on a small shark bite, takes about five pounds of flesh, so clearly if this shark was in a human predatory mood, this gentleman would not have survived. but ryan, sharks are such complex creatures. today were now learning more about them, really how mysterious they are. a lot of people dont realize th...

A surfer and a swimmer were bitten by sharks in separate incidents on July 13 amid an unusually high number of similar attacks off Long Island.

Addison Bethea, the 17 year old from Taylor County who was attacked by a shark is doing well and looking forward to her future.

A Central Coast man who was bitten by a great white shark at Lovers Point Beach near Monterey last month is going home.

On pretty popular beaches on long island. they were just 20 miles apart, just to put it in perspective how popular these beaches are, im on smith point beach right now and a quick search on the internet shows that more than 200,000 people will visit the speech alone just in the summer months. authorities say around 6:00 p.m. here in long island yesterday, a 49-year-old man was standing in waist deep water when he was bitten. earlier in the day, around 7:30 a.m. another man said he was knocked of...

Officials reported a person with a shark bite on the leg this morning at Smith Point County Beach.