11-year-old bitten by shark off central Florida
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An 11-year-old boy needed stitches after being bitten on his foot by a shark in the waters off central Florida.
Kyle Kirkpatrick was bitten while he was swimming with his father Monday afternoon in Ormond Beach.
Kyle tells WKMG-TV in Orlando that he was trying to catch a wave when he felt something tug at his foot. When he turned around, his foot hurt and he saw blood in the water.
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Kyle says he also saw the shark's dark shadow in the water.
Todd Kirkpatrick scooped up his son and rushed to the beach, where an off-duty paramedic put gauze on the wound and called 911.
Kyle needed three stitches on his foot. He says he'll go swimming again "but it'll be kind of scary."