Incident Mar. 24, 2012 - Florida - Joey Coppola

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March 24, 2012
Joey Coppola
New Smyrna Beach, Florida

At approximately 2pm, Joey Coppola, 21, was surfing in about 4-feet of water near the south jetty at New Smyrna Beach when he was bitten on the foot by an unidentified shark. He had minor lacerations and declined medical treatment after the bite but planned on having a friend drive him to the hospital.

Source:
www.news-journalonline.com

Incident Mar. 14, 2012 - Florida - Sydney Levy

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March 14, 2012
Sydney Levy
New Smyrna beach, Florida

Valeh Levy and her 15-year-old daughter Sydney had just paddled out on their surfboards when Sydney was suddenly pulled off her board and disappeared beneath the water.

She surfaced again, a moment later and got back on her board as her mother watched in horror.

"She got back on her board, and there was her ankle … She put her ankle up, and she looked at it, and there was blood coming off of it"

The shark then grabbed her a second time.
Valeh Levy then sprang into action:

"I said, 'There's no way this thing is going to kill my daughter,' and I grabbed her shoulders, and I pulled her up on my board."

Mother and daughter were assisted back to the beach by two other surfers who saw the attack and came to their aid.

An ambulance was already at the beach because another surfer, 17-year-old Nick Romano, had been attacked be a shark moments before. Sydney was rushed into surgery but relased later that night.

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www.huffingtonpost.com
www.news.com.au

Incident Mar. 14, 2012 - Florida - Nick Romano

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Nick Romano, 17, was surfing in chest-deep water near the jetty at popular New Smyrna Beach in Florida, when a shark bit him on the back of his leg.

"I sat on my board and felt this tug, and I kind of jerked over and the shark bit on my leg. He said his first reaction was to try to bat the shark away. "I caught his tail, and I kind of pushed him off."

Romano recieved nasty lacerations to his calf. He was able to drive himself to the hospital and was released later that same night. Romano needed 17 stitches to close the eight inch gash on his calf. Here is video interview done by WFTV Channel 9 with Nick Romano.

Minutes after Romano was bitten, 15-year-old Sydney Levy was also attacked by a shark. The most likely suspects are Bull sharks.

There are more incidents of shark attacks in the concentrated area of New Smyrna Beach than any similar length of coastline in the world.

Source:
www.wftv.com