Army honors 3 for help in Calif. shark attack

Army honors 3 for help in Calif. shark attack
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 1, 2012 20:22:03 EST
MONTEREY, Calif. — Two soldiers and a civilian paramedic have been honored for helping a surfer who was attacked by a shark off the Monterey County coast.

Twenty-seven-year-old Eric Tarantino was surfing with friends off Marina State Beach on Oct. 29 when a 9-foot shark bit him on the neck and right forearm.

Army Maj. Jonathan Bleakley and Master Sgt. Garric Banfield were on the beach at the time and brought Tarantino to shore. They and paramedic Lorenzo Navarro rendered first aid before the victim was flown to a San Jose hospital.
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Surfer at New Smyrna Beach bitten by shark

Edgewater surfer bitten by shark off New Smyrna Beach
Gary Taylor | Sentinel Staff Writer
10:10 AM EDT, July 24, 2008
An Edgewater teenager was bitten on the foot by a shark Wednesday while surfing in the Atlantic Ocean off New Smyrna Beach.

It was the 14th shark bit of the year in Volusia County, but only the second that has been classified as a "provoked" bite, said Capt. Scott Petersohn of the Volusia County Beach Patrol.

Troy Zettle, 15, was treated at by rescue workers and driven to a local hospital by relatives, Petersohn said. "It was not a life- or limb-threatening injury," he said.
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