A Florida man has survived his second shark attack in 11 years and can’t wait to get back out on the water – despite the terrifying ordeal.
Cole Taschman, 28, was out surfing with friends to commemorate a friend who had recently died when he felt the ferocious bite of a shark just off of Bathtub Beach, in Stuart, Florida, as reported by USA Today .
The afternoon incident was all too familiar with an earlier attack that Taschman experienced in 2013 – he had been 16 at the time – when a blacktip reef shark took a chunk out of his right hand – the same reef he headed out on last month.
Taschman had been out on the water saying prayers for their fallen friend with the two men just in front of his parent’s home when what he suspected was a bull or tiger shark locked its teeth on his feet .
The 28-year-old caught a glimpse of the seven to eight-foot creature as his limb was caught in the shark’s snare prompting him to cry out to his now-fiancee who was standing on the shore recording the heartfelt moment.