INJURED -- 14 October 2006 -- Isla Blanca Park, South Padre Island, Texas, US -- surfer attacked

Surfer Freddy Torres, 20, was bitten on the lower left calf while surfing at Isla Blanca Park, South Padre Island, Texas, US on Saturday 14 October.

“Everything happened really fast. I thought a guy had come and hit me with his board then I felt something tearing through my skin, [near] my ankle somewhere,” Torres told media.

The bite measured 16 centimetres and went around his calf, according to the report.

Friends on the shore helped Torres get medical attention.

According to media, witnesses report seeing a 4 foot shark in the area that day.

No details were reported about the possible species of shark or where or what medical attention the victim received.

Sources:
KGBT 4

INJURED -- 10 October 2006 -- Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US -- surfer injured

A 20-year-old surfer, Kyle Cody, was bitten above the left ankle by a shark while watching bait fish in knee-deep water near the Ocean Walk Band Shell at Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, US.

The brief report said the incident took place on Tuesday 10 October 2006.

His injuries were very minor and he was treated at the scene and walked away, although emergency crew attending his wound “advised him to get a stitch or two at a hospital”.

WESH 2 News quotes Cody as saying: “I was just standing there watching little fish jump and I felt a bite.

"We jumped out of the water. I never saw the fish or anything."

Media reports say this is the 11th shark bite in Volusia Country this year.

Sources:
MESH 2 News via Yahoo News
Central Florida News 13

INJURED -- 5 October 2006 ?? -- New Smyrna Beach, Volusia Country, Florida, US -- wader attacked

A brief report by Central Florida News 13 says an 18-year-old was bitten on the leg by a shark while he was playing ball in about 2 feet of water. The incident took place at New Smyrna Beach, Volusia Country, Florida, US. The name of the victim was not reported. And the date of the attack was not mentioned in the 6 October report, which said he was recovering and “was expected to be OK”.

The report quoted lifeguards as saying: “The inland jetty area, New Smyrna Beach sometimes has slightly more occurrence with sharks interacting with swimmers than the other parts of the beach, especially if there are bait pods cruising the area.”

There have been several incidents of shark bites at New Smyrna Beach this year.

No other details were mentioned.

Sources:
Central Florida News 13

INJURED -- 29 September 2006 -- Ponce de Leon Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, US -- surfer attacked

A brief report in the Daytona Beach News said Chris Andrews, 19, was bitten on the right foot by a shark while surfing at the south jetty of Ponce de Leon Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, about 2 pm on Friday 29 September.

He was treated on the beach for three lacerations to his big toe and a couple of other toes and was then taken by private car to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna. Hospital officials declined to comment on his condition, according to the report.

No other details were available.

Sources:
Daytona Beach News