attack. several weeks ago in north carolina 16-year-old hunter trestle was trying to rinse sand off his body before heading home that is when a shark attack him, taking off his left arm, his writing arm, below the shoulder he spoke to anderson cooper about what happened. you weren t swimming or anything, you weighed into the water? i krawched down getting sand off. when was the first time you realized something was near you or going on? right, i took one more step forward and i felt something big move against my ankles and the calves i was like i m getting out of here. you felt it under water. i m like i m out and i started backing off and it grabbed my arm. i think my hand was still in the water a little bit and grabbed that and climbed its way up. it jumped out of the water. it was out of the water and i looked down. you looked down and saw the
. it has been four months since a moment on a beach in a carolina coastline took a terrible turn. the u.s. teenager lost his left arm in a shark attack. now he is sharing a harrowing experience that he insists will not change his future. here s cnn s anderson cooper. my cousin grandma and i had been on the beach and were playing in the sand and i went in to wash off the sand. how deep in the water were you? like two or three feet. you weren t swimming. you waded into the water? i waded into the water and maybe up to like here and crouched down and was getting ready to go back in. when was the first time you realized something was near you or going on? right, so i took one more step forward and i felt something big move against my ankles and calves and i was like
he survived but lost his left hand below the shoulder. worst of all he was left handed so that makes the recovery more difficult. hunter is a fighter and an optimist. i visit mim in colorado a few days ago. he was an amazing young man. he shared the details of the attack and maw close he came to dieing. my cousin grandma and i had been on the beach and were playing in the sand. i went in to wash off the sand and get ready to go home. how deep were you? waist deep two or three feet. you weren t swimming basically waded into the water? i weight waded into the water, up to here crouched down getting the sounds off. when is the first time you realized something was near you or going on? right, i took one more step forward and then i felt something big move against my ankles and the calves and i was like i m getting out of here. you actually felt it under water. yeah i was like i m out, and
is he the most boring guy you have ever seen? funny. he was boring when he had hair, boring when he doesn t have hair. gosh, what a hater you are. i m not a hater. i love costas. that s the most aggressive case of conjunkivitis the world has had. does he not have antibiotics. do they have them in russia? probably not. no, they do. they do. they also have truth serum and stuff like that. remember the time you claimed you were swimming and that whole thing broke out on your face and eye balls. certainly do. what do you mean i claimed i was swimming. you weren t swimming in a pool, though. yes, he was. young woman had to walk up and down she was walking a manatee. in my pool in my building, when i come in, the life guard walks up and down. she thinks you re about to
is he the most boring guy you have ever seen? funny. he was boring when he had hair, boring when he doesn t have hair. gosh, what a hater you are. i m not a hater. i love costas. that s the most aggressive case of conjunkivitis the world has had. does he not have antibiotics. do they have them in russia? probably not. no, they do. they do. they also have truth serum and stuff like that. remember the time you claimed you were swimming and that whole thing broke out on your face and eye balls. certainly do. what do you mean i claimed i was swimming. you weren t swimming in a pool, though. yes, he was. young woman had to walk up and down she was walking a manatee. in my pool in my building, when i come in, the life guard walks up and down. she thinks you re about to