{"id":356476,"date":"2026-07-29T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356476\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:42:08","slug":"shark-bites-georgia-man-as-he-helps-pregnant-fiancee-reach-florida-beach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/356476\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark bites Georgia man as he helps pregnant fianc\u00e9e reach Florida beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Georgia man says he focused on protecting his pregnant fianc\u00e9e after a shark bit his foot while the couple was swimming off Florida\u2019s Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n

Jacorey High said he and his fianc\u00e9e were visiting Daytona Beach Shores over the weekend when they entered the ocean and stood in about four feet of water.<\/p>\n

High said a wave briefly lifted him before the shark clamped onto his foot.<\/p>\n

He told WKMG<\/a> that his first reaction was to push his fianc\u00e9e toward shore, making sure she reached the sand before turning his attention to his own injuries.<\/p>\n

After High managed to free his foot, he said the shark returned and appeared to make another attempt toward his arm and other leg.<\/p>\n

High eventually reached the beach, where he saw the extent of the damage. He said the bite tore tendons in his foot and ankle and caused significant bleeding.<\/p>\n

He was taken to a hospital for treatment and released Monday.<\/p>\n

See also: Florida woman denied driver’s license over decades-old family secret name mystery<\/a><\/p>\n

High said the experience unfolded within seconds, leaving little time to think beyond getting his pregnant fianc\u00e9e out of danger.<\/p>\n

The attack happened in Daytona Beach Shores, a coastal community in Volusia County south of Daytona Beach.<\/p>\n

CBS Miami<\/a> contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Georgia man says he focused on protecting his pregnant fianc\u00e9e after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-356476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}