{"id":1977658,"date":"2023-07-19T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-dragged-me-under-florida-student-opens-up-about-terrifying-shark-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T21:09:00","slug":"it-dragged-me-under-florida-student-opens-up-about-terrifying-shark-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-dragged-me-under-florida-student-opens-up-about-terrifying-shark-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida student shares harrowing shark attack experience: &#8220;It pulled me under.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fit-dragged-me-under-florida-student-opens-up-about-terrifying-shark-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977658&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u200cFlorida college student opens up about\u2062 a \u200cterrifying shark\u200d attack \u200cthat left him \u200cfighting for\u2062 his life. \u2063Chris\u200c Pospisil,\u200d a \u200b21-year-old University of\u200c Central Florida\u2064 student,\u2064 and \u200dhis friend \u200cReece Redish\u2063 were\u200d surfing at \u200cNew Smyrna\u2064 Beach on \u2062July 14 \u200dwhen\u200d the\u200c shark\u2062 struck.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>In a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-dragged-me-under-florida-student-opens-up-about-terrifying-shark-attack\/\" title=\"Florida student shares harrowing shark attack experience: \"It pulled me under.\"\">heart-pounding\u200c moment<\/a>, Pospisil \u2062recalls, &#8220;The\u200b shark came from under me, on my board\u200c and \u2063tipped me backwards\u2064 off my \u2063board, and \u2064I\u200b was\u2064 falling backwards, I saw my foot \u2062in \u200dhis\u2062 mouth, \u2063and \u2063it dragged me under.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Redish was quick\u2064 to react. &#8220;Immediately\u200c when \u200bI\u200c resurfaced, \u2064Reece was already \u200dthere, \u200dalready \u200con\u2062 top of \u200cme, got me \u2062by\u2063 my\u2063 shirt, and pulled \u2062me\u2064 on\u2063 the board,&#8221;\u200d Pospisil \u200cshares.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Redish, displaying\u2063 incredible bravery, says,\u200d &#8220;I\u2019m not\u200b going to leave my\u200d friend in \u200dthe water.\u200c I\u2019m\u2063 willing to \u200cput myself at risk \u2064to help \u200cout anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote \u200cclass=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"\u2063 data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2064 lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A\u200b nasty shark \u2064bite in\u2064 New Smyrna \u2064Beach\u2062 sent a 21-year-old UCF surfer \u200bto \u200cthe \u2062hospital. Several tendons were \u2064severed in\u2062 Chris \u2064Pospisil&#8217;s \u200dfoot \u2062and\u200b the \u2064shark\u200c left\u2063 a \u2063tooth in\u200c his bone. Pospisil\u200d credits his surfing \u200bbuddy \u2063with saving \u2062his \u2062life. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox35orlando?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox35orlando<\/a> \u2063 <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBChiEwB4O\">https:\/\/t.co\/rBChiEwB4O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amy \u2064Kaufeldt \u200dFOX\u200d 35\u200b (@Fox35Amy) <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fox35Amy\/status\/1681645255794339841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u200c19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Pospisil\u2062 underwent emergency \u200bsurgery \u2062and doctors were able\u200b to\u2064 save\u200c his foot. However, he will have\u2063 to \u2064deal \u2063with some long-term\u200c effects. \u2062&#8221;The\u2062 top\u2064 of my foot \u2063is going \u200bto be\u2064 numb\u2064 in\u200b some\u2063 areas\u2063 for the\u200c rest of\u200d my \u200blife, and my foot might be \u2064stiff \u200dbecause they \u2062had\u200d to repair all seven \u2063tendons,&#8221; \u200bhe explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p>Despite the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/husband-of-former-la-county-da-avoids-jail-after-pulling-gun-on-blm-activists\/\" title=\"Husband Of Former LA County DA Avoids Jail After Pulling Gun On BLM Activists\">traumatic experience<\/a>, Pospisil is \u200cgrateful\u200c for Redish&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decorated-vietnam-war-veteran-appeals-to-biden-for-medal-of-honor\/\" title=\"Decorated Vietnam War Veteran Appeals to Biden for Medal of Honor\">heroic actions<\/a>. &#8220;Reece really\u200d made the\u2062 difference,&#8221; he\u2064 acknowledges. \u2062&#8221;If he \u2063wasn\u2019t\u2063 there, \u200cI think \u200dit\u200c could have been\u200c way \u200dworse,\u200d and I think \u200bI\u2063 definitely wouldn\u2019t\u2063 have gotten\u2063 to\u200d the \u200dshore\u200d in time\u2062 and probably\u2063 would \u200chave\u200c passed out \u2062in the water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p>After\u200b being\u2064 released from\u2062 the hospital, Pospisil will now embark\u2062 on \u2062a six-month\u2062 journey of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-the-military-sets-new-regulations-for-transgender-service-members-these-physical-and-mental-conditions-will-still-disqualify-you-from-enlisting\/\" title=\"After The Military Sets New Regulations For Transgender Service Members, These Physical And Mental Conditions Will Still Disqualify You From Enlisting\">physical therapy<\/a>.\u2064 When\u200b asked if the\u200b attack will \u200ddeter\u2063 them \u2063from surfing,\u200d both friends are resolute. \u2063&#8221;It hasn\u2019t changed anything. I\u2019m definitely going to\u2063 keep surfing,&#8221; Pospisil declares. Redish \u200dechoes his sentiment, saying,\u200b &#8220;I\u200b think I\u2062 can \u200cdo\u2064 it. I\u2064 know\u200d I \u2064can. \u2062When Chris is better, \u200dI\u2019ll be surfing\u2064 with him every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida college student shared his horrifying shark attack experience as it grabbed his foot and pulled him underwater. Chris Pospisil, 21, a student at the University of Central Florida, was surfing with his friend Reece Redish on July 14 at New Smyrna Beach when the shark suddenly appeared beneath him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1977659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}