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It has happened, 14 times in florida's history. a couple of buddies of steve's came by and said they grew up here and never expected this to happen. the lifeguard noticed steve was in distress. he had himself been a victim of a shark bite about 25 years ago, so he knew the kind of danger they were both in. >> i kind of kept it him in the kite itself, kind of offered some protection. it made us much bigger in the water than if i tried just to get him out of the kite. i figured this was the best way to kind of offer us some protection. i had the board butted up against the kite and i knew that t...

Kite himself, cradled in the kite and offered somewhat protection, because it made us much bigger in the water than if i tried to just get him out of the kite. i figured this was the best way to at least offer us some protection. i had the board butted up against the kite and i knew that, yeah, there is a possibility this could turn into a frenzy because of the amount of blood that was in the water. >> reporter: he talked about how he talked to schafer on the way in, trying to reassure him, to comfort him. unfortunately, as you said, there was just too much blood loss. schafer did die. experts...