The 16-year-old surfer, Max Haynes, was bitten about 15 yards out from Kismet Beach on Fire Island, suffering a 4-inch gash to his foot.
FIRE ISLAND, Long Island -- A surfer was bitten by a shark off Long Island Wednesday night, marking the sixth such incident since June 30.
The 16-year-old surfer, Max Haynes, was bitten about 15 to 20 yards out from Kismet Beach on Fire Island Wednesday evening. "We were actually flipping each other off our boards, scaring each other, you know, grabbing each other's feet in the water pretending we were sharks," he said."And then all of a sudden, 30 seconds later, I actually get chomped on.""I felt on my foot like a bear trap just get me from below, like hard," he said."It felt like it broke my foot."
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