Ohio woman bit by shark while on vacation in Daytona Beach Shores

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A lady is now recovering again dwelling in Colombus, Ohio, after being bitten by a shark in Daytona Seashore Shores over the weekend.

40-year-old Tasa Summers advised Information 6 she was there on trip along with her boyfriend. They had been staying in a lodge proper off the seashore.

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Summers mentioned she spent lots of time within the water this previous Saturday.

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“By no means thought having fun with the day on the seashore would land me within the emergency room with stitches,” Summers mentioned.

She is aware of sharks lurk in ocean waters however mentioned it was not prime of thoughts whereas on trip.

“Clearly, we all know once we go to that there are sharks within the ocean, and that’s at all times going to be a danger — however by no means did I count on that might occur to me,” Summers mentioned.

She mentioned she first felt a pointy ache in her leg, till it sunk its enamel into her leg.

“I regarded down, and the very first thing that got here to thoughts was, ‘That’s a shark,’ and the second factor was, ‘And it simply bit me.’”

She mentioned all she might take into consideration was not falling within the water, fearful it will chunk different elements of her physique.

Her boyfriend bravely helped by heading off the shark.

“My boyfriend type of swatted in direction of its nostril which is what they usually let you know to do if you come into contact,” Summers mentioned.

Whereas screaming and bleeding she ran for assistance on the shore.

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“Everybody round was so useful, and I’m simply so grateful for that,” she mentioned.

She mentioned workers from her lodge and even a nurse who occurred to be on the seashore put a bandage on her wound and tied a makeshift tourniquet round her leg till first responders arrived.

Emergency crews took her to a hospital the place she needed to get eight stitches on her leg.

“On the prime of my ankle, I’ve the highest enamel marks from the shark. The underside of my ankle type of had the underside enamel, and that’s what actually grabbed my calf and took a bit out of that,” Summers mentioned.

(Whereas Summers supplied footage of the wound, Information 6 has determined towards presenting a number of of them on this story as a result of graphic nature of their content material.)

She is now dwelling and therapeutic. She mentioned the incident might have been worse.

Summers is relieved that the shark bit her as an alternative of the babies who had been close to her on the time.

Though this expertise was horrifying, she mentioned this won’t be her final time on the seashore.

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“I like the ocean, and I like to be on the seashore, so I might need slightly little bit of hesitancy at first, however it most likely received’t final for lengthy,” she mentioned.

She is the fifth particular person bitten by shark in Volusia County this yr.