'Blood all over': Florida man bitten by shark, returns home before calling 911 Print this article A man in Florida was bitten by a shark and returned to his home to await paramedics, according to audio of an emergency call. The 39-year-old, who has not been publicly identified, was swimming on Tuesday off the coast of Siesta Key, a barrier island in southwest Florida located near Sarasota, when he was bitten by a shark. After walking home, a woman dialed 911. “It’s an emergency,” the woman told the dispatcher. “He made it home, he was swimming in the ocean. … There’s blood all over my house.”