Boy Bitten By Shark Off Florida Beach

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A Georgia boy swimming with his brother in the ocean off Daytona Beach Shores was bitten by a shark.

Gavin Simpson said he and his twin brother were in about waist deep water when he felt something bite into his leg.

"First of all I thought it was a great white shark that bit my leg off," said Simpson.

His father, Kenneth Wood, said he heard his son yelling for help and ran to him.

"He just started screaming, coming towards me saying I want out of the water. I thought he was joking and then I realized he was crying and screaming," said Wood.

Thankfully he escaped with just minor lacerations to his leg. The incident comes just days after a series of shark attacks off the coast of North Carolina in which three teens were injured.