Shark Attacks Surfer in Sonoma County
The unidentified victim was “critically injured” but is expected to survive
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The unidentified victim was “critically injured” but is expected to survive
ABC News(BODEGA BAY, Calif.) -- Surfer Eric Steinley is recovering in the hospital after he was bitten by a great white shark in Bodega Bay, California. The 38
Eric Steinley, 38, said he was surfing when he felt a bite and punched the shark before making an escape back to shore. He is still recovering in the hospital.
ABC News(BODEGA BAY, Calif.) -- Surfer Eric Steinley is recovering in the hospital after he was bitten by a great white shark in Bodega Bay, California. The 38-year-old told ABC News he was on his surfboard Sunday at Salmon Creek Beach waiting to catch a wave when the harrowing incident occurred. "I was in a lot of pain and still thinking, you know, I'm either going to lose my leg or I'm gonna die," Steinley said. "I just felt this heavy thing pull on me and it was like a clamp right around my leg. And we went underwater together in slow motion." Another surfer wh...
Eric Steinley, 38, punched a Great White Shark in the face after being bitten and dragged under water at Bodega Bay in Northern California on Sunday.