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ALERTS FOR ANY BREAKING NEWS UPDATES. TONIGHT, A YOUNG SURFER SAYS HE’S LUCKY HE STILL HAS HIS FOOT AFTER A VERY SCARY ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK OFF THE COAST OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH. WESH TWO DAVID JONES SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH HIM FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED. DAVID, HOW IS HE DOING TONIGHT? LUANA. HE SAYS HE’S READY TO GET RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE WATER. HE’S EXTREMELY PASSIONATE. SURFER 18 YEAR-OLD SAM HOLLIS SAYS IT WAS A NORMAL DAY OF SURF INSTRUCTING WHEN HE GOT YANKED OFF HIS BOARD. IT’S LIKE BEING IN YOUR HAPPY PLACE OUT THERE IN THE WATER. IT’S VERY PEACEFUL, JUST LIKE OTHER SPORTS, SURFING COMES WITH RISKS. THERE’S NO REASON TO STOP DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO YOU. AT 18, SAM HOLLIS KNOWS THE RISKS, WHICH IS WHY HE SAYS HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY WERE CONCERNED, BUT WEREN’T SURPRISED WHEN THEY HEARD IT HAPPENED TO HIM. I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE WATER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. SO, YOU KNOW, I’M SURE IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS, THEY ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NOT EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN, BUT ALMOST WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT’S NOT LIKE CRAZY THAT IT HAPPENED TO HIM OR IT’S NOT SOME FREAK ACCIDENT ON THE WATER. FRIDAY WHEN HE WAS INSTRUCTING, HE SAYS A BIG WAVE WASHED OVER. HE GOT BACK ON HIS BOARD, LETTING HIS FEET HANG IN THE WATER WHEN HE SAYS A SHARK. HE DIDN’T SEE. IT JUST GRABBED ME BY MY FOOT AND JUST YANKED ME OFF MY BOARD AND WAS LIKE, YEAH, I’M GOING TO HAVE YOU FOR A LITTLE SNACK, MAN. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, HAVING NONE OF THAT. SO I KICKED IT. THE POWER OF THE KICK PROPELLED THE SHARK AWAY FROM HIS BODY, BUT NOT BEFORE THE CREATURE TOOK A NIBBLE, LEAVING SERIOUS BITE MARKS ON HOLLIS’S FOOT. HE SAYS HE WAS STILL ABLE TO SWIM AWAY. SO THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I WAS LIKE, SO THIS IS WHAT FEELING ATTACKED BY A SHARK. IT FEELS LIKE. HOLLIS WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE’S RECOVERING. HE HAS SOME ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO GET BITTEN WHILE AT THE BEACH. REALLY, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS, AGAIN, JUST STAY CALM. KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP BREATHING. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE A WOUND, NO MATTER HOW BAD OF A, YOU KNOW, ATTACK, IT IS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO ADDRESS. THE SURF INSTRUCTOR SAYS WHAT THE SHARK BITE WON’T DO, THOUGH, IS KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE WATER. THAT’S THE FIRST THING I WANT TO GET BACK OUT TO DOING, BECAUSE I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOT LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS DICTATE DOING THINGS THAT YOU LOVE. AND SAM’S EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. HE’LL NEED CRUTCHES OR MOBILITY SCOOTER ONCE HE’S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. HE TELLS ME HE’S EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW. ONCE HE’S HEALE