Update: Florida Shark Attack Victim

Jade Eckardt
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As we recently reported, sharks seem to be everywhere lately.

From a double dose of shark attacks in one day in New York, to two attacks over the weekend in Florida, reports of shark encounters keep coming.

While most recent shark attacks have luckily resulted in pretty minor injuries, one of the Florida survivors has needed a four-hour surgery and some serious time to recover. Readers beware: the photo below is pretty gory.

Pospisil has undergone multiple surgeries to repair tendons in his foot.<p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/chriss-shark-bite-recovery-fun?member=28127733&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Chris Pospisil/GoFundMe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Chris Pospisil/GoFundMe</a></p>

Chris Pospisil, a 21-year-old University of Central Florida student was one of two surfers who was attacked by a shark at Florida’s New Smyrna Beach last weekend.

Volusia County, where the beach is located, has been dubbed “the shark bite capital of the world” by shark experts. We reported a few days ago that Popisil suffered "serious injuries" and was treated at the local hospital.

Now, according to the GoFundMe created by Pospisil's family the injuries were more serious than we first thought. According to the fundraiser page:

"Chris sustained serious injuries to his foot and needed emergency surgery that took a lil over 4hrs. The surgeon said Chris lost about 1 large Chick-fil-a sized cup of blood, and he repaired 7 Tendons and a small artery which could not be repaired. The surgeon even found pieces of the shark's tooth shattered and stuck in his bone."

The UCF student will be off his feat for around six months per doctor's orders. The target goal is $80,000, and at the time of publishing, they’ve raised just over $3k.

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