Shark attack survivor calls rescue a “Christmas miracle”
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The surfer attacked by a shark off the coast of Southern California says he's grateful to be alive and calls the rescue a "Christmas miracle."
Adam Coons told ABC News that he was surfing near Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands, on Saturday afternoon when the shark suddenly emerged and bit him.
A friend of his pulled him onto a boat and applied a tourniquet before a Coast Guard helicopter flew the 37-year-old to safety.
Coons says he is expected to make a full recovery alongside the stuffed shark toys friends gave him in the hospital.
