Sharks Attack 3 Men Surfing at Daytona Beach

Three men suffered shark bites at a beach where witnesses said so many sharks had congregated that surfers had to jump over them to reach the waves.

Two of the men were treated for cuts on their feet; a third underwent surgery for a hand injury. Daytona Beach officials closed about a mile of beach for two hours after the attacks.

Shark fears are heightened by other attacks this summer. Two tourists who were bit this month in the Bahamas are recovering at a Miami hospital.

An 8-year-old boy’s arm was severed in a July attack in Pensacola. Jessie Arbogast’s arm was severed and he lost nearly all his blood. The arm was reattached but Jessie remains in a light coma.