krir ten yao was bitten in swallow waters two miles away. the left arm is completely missing and also a bite to the left leg, weak pulse. reporter: this chopper was sent in to air lift kiersten to the hospital. hunter saw it fly overhead 90 minutes before he was bitten and never thought it could be for a shark attack victim or that he would soon suffer the same fate. both lost an arm but both survived. good. i m getting better. just a month after the attack hunter is fighting forlg his old life back. he will eventually get a prosthetic limb but has to wait until his wound is healed. the shark took his dominant arm so he has to learn to do everything over again. from his beloved frisbee to
one man tide on a tourniquet before paramedics arrived. the heroics of strangers bought him some time but didn t complete stop the blood loss. was a pretty major arterien the arm. it had been severed. were you worried at that pin the about losing so much blood that you could die. yes, at that point i was. i pestered one of the emts in the ambulance for 2 1/2, 3 minutes. asking are you going to die? you are going to be fine. you are just trying to say that otherwise i will freak out. as hunter was rushed to the hospital in critical condition he had no idea he was the second shark attack victim on that stretch of beach. just 90 minutes earlier, 12-year-old kirsten was bitten in shallow water. the left arm is completely missing. and a bite toleg. this chopper was sent in to air lift kirsten to the hospital. hunter saw it fly overhead 90 minutes before he was bitten and
never thought it could be for a shark attack victim. or that he would soon suffer the same fate. both lost an arm. but both survived. you re good. i m getting better. reporter: a month after the attack. hunter is fighting for his old life back. he will eventually get a prosthetic limb but has to wait until his wound is completely healed. the shark took his dominant arm. so hunter has to learn how to do everything again. from his beloved frisbee. to practicing for his driver s license test with his mom. he can still play video games. but now uses the help of a food pedal that takes the place of his left hand. hunter is determined not to let this shark attack slow him down. before i had dreams and aspirations of what i want to do with my life. no reason that should change
did you realize it had taken the arm? oh, yeah i realized. because people were freaking out and i m lying on the beach and my arm is elevated like this. and it was like oh, it was bleeding a lot and there was bone sticking out. so yeah, i didn t really want to look at it. one man tied on a tourniquet before paramedics arrived. the heroics of strangers bought him some time but didn t completely stop the blood loss. there is a major artery in the arm that had been severed. were you worried at that point about losing so much blood that you could die. yes at that point i was. i pestered one of the emts about that for two and a half minutes. meaning aim going to day? she was like you are going to be fine. i was like man you are just trained to say that. he had no idea he was actually the second shark attack victim on that stretch of beach. 90 minutes earlier, 12-year-old
hospital in critical condition he didn t know he was the second shark attack victim on that stretch of beach. 90 minutes earlier a girl was bitten in shallow waters two miles away. her arm is missing and a bite to the left leg, weak pulse. this chopper was sent in to air lift kirsten to the hospital. hunter saw the helicopter. both lost an arm but both survived. i m getting better. just a month after the attack hunter is fighting for his old life back. he will get a prosthetic limb but has to wait until his wound is healed. hunter has to learn how the do everything again from he beloved