Fla. Man Bitten by Shark on Same Beach He Was Attacked 11 Years Earlier: 'It's Freaky'

Mar. 15, 2025

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The then-teenager was treated with 12 stitches and a cast after he kept using his surfboard to hit the four to five-foot-long blacktip reef shark’s head, preventing the shark from biting him again.

Taschman then wrapped his injured arm with his T-shirt before paddling back to the shore.

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Meanwhile, the surfer’s recent shark attack saw a seven or eight-foot tiger or bull shark bite his feet.

“He came up behind me, and as he bit me, I looked behind me and saw him on me,” Taschman told the outlet. “I just screamed at [friends] Hunter [Roland] and Zach [Bucolo].”

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“They were already paddling toward me as they saw the thrashing, and luckily there was a wave coming right there, so I just got on that wave and rode it in on my belly,” he added.

Taschman was taken to Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital in Stuart, before being transferred to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he underwent two surgeries and recieved 93 stitches.

“I actually blacked out,” he added. “I almost passed out from shock or losing enough blood.”

Taschman continued, “So Ana [Tachman’s girlfriend] is in the back slapping me, and Zach is driving like a madman trying to get me to the hospital. He’s dumping water on my head. They kept me awake, so thank God.”

“It’s freaky,” he said of the experience. “You know, it changes you … So definitely don’t surf alone.”

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source: people.com