Shark Week dangers hit home as man is badly bitten while saving pregnant fiancée from harm

A Georgia antheral successful his aboriginal 20s is recovering aft experiencing a shark wound portion protecting his large fiancée astatine a Florida beach.

The antheral was wading successful waist-deep h2o adjacent the Dunlawton Beach Approach successful Daytona Beach Shores soon earlier 5:30 p.m. connected Saturday — conscionable up of Shark Week this twelvemonth — erstwhile a shark estimated to beryllium astir 4 feet agelong spot his near ft and ankle, Volusia County Beach Safety officials told Fox News Digital successful a statement.

"He was treated connected country by Beach Safety unit and transported to a adjacent infirmary with non-life-threatening injuries," officials said.

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The unfortunate was identified by FOX 5 Atlanta arsenic Jacorey High of Henry County, Georgia. High said his archetypal precedence was getting his large fiancée safely retired of the water.

"I realized close distant it was a shark due to the fact that of the mode it spot down connected my foot, but I was much disquieted astir getting my fiancée retired of the water," High told FOX 5 Atlanta.

Jacorey High, pictured above, was bitten by a shark connected Saturday astatine Daytona Beach, Florida. The incidental happened conscionable arsenic Shark Week this twelvemonth gets underway.  (Jacorey High/GoFundMe)

High said the shark continued to prosecute him arsenic helium tried to escape.

"Then it came up to effort to get my arm. So I had to propulsion it distant from me. I ran, and it tried to get my different leg," helium told the station.

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He described the shark arsenic grey connected apical and astir arsenic gangly arsenic the region from his waist to his feet, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

After reaching the shore, High realized the severity of his injuries.

The shark (not pictured) that spot a Georgia antheral is estimated to beryllium astir 4 feet long. It spot the man's near ft and ankle. (iStock)

"I didn't truly consciousness it until I got to the hospital, erstwhile they started giving maine medicine for it," helium said.

Doctors performed country connected High's ft aft the attack, and helium told the presumption helium expects his betterment could instrumentality astir 3 months.

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"Hoping that it didn't truly messiness up thing important successful my ft truthful that I tin spell backmost to work," High said.

Fox News Digital antecedently reported that shark experts person urged beachgoers to enactment alert this summertime arsenic sightings person accrued on respective U.S. coastlines.

After reaching shore, the injured antheral (not pictured) realized the severity of his injuries. He says his betterment volition instrumentality astir 3 months.  (Paul Hennessy/ SOPA Images/ LightRocket via Getty Images)

Marine biologist Mike Heithaus of Florida International University told Fox News Digital that shark bites stay unusual, adjacent during the engaged summertime formation season.

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"People should ever beryllium alert of section conditions and perceive to lifeguards, but shark bites are precise rare," helium emphasized.

He recommended that radical debar murky water, that they enactment distant from areas wherever ample schools of food are disposable and that they debar places wherever different radical are actively fishing.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to High for further remark astir what happened.