Overview
- A 22-year-old Henry County man was bitten in waist-deep water near the Dunlawton Beach Approach in Daytona Beach Shores on Saturday while vacationing with his family.
- The victim, identified as Jacorey High, says he pushed his pregnant fiancée to safety before a roughly 4-foot gray shark bit his left foot and ankle.
- Volusia County Beach Safety personnel treated High on scene and transported him to a nearby hospital where surgeons repaired extensive damage to his foot.
- Doctors told reporters that his recovery is expected to take about three months but that permanent impairment is possible and no discharge date has been released.
- Officials note shark bites are rare even in summer, experts warn about murky water and fishing activity as risk factors, and authorities have not confirmed the shark species or ordered wider beach closures.