SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) – A Santa Rosa man is now a shark bite survivor after a vacation to South Florida took a terrifying turn.
31-year-old Mark Bowden says there were no warnings about sharks in the water.
He waited about 15 minutes and when he didn’t see any sharks, he went back in the ocean.
That’s when he reportedly felt like he got punched in the leg.
Miami Beach Ocean rescue raced him to a trauma center. He’s doing okay.
Bowden told a local news station that this incident will not keep him from going into the water in the future saying ‘what are the chances of getting bit by a shark twice.
Listen to his interview with KRON4’s Justine Waldman above.