Did jessie arbogast survive the viscious shark attack?
On July 6, 2001, 8-year-old Jessie Arbogast was vacationing with his family on a Florida beach. While playing in knee deep water, Jessie was bitten by a 7-foot, 200 pound bull shark. The shark bit off his right arm and one third of his thigh. Jessie’s uncle carried him to shore where beach goers immediately applied first aid to the boy. His uncle then wrestled the shark to the beach where a Park Ranger shot it. They were able to retrieve Jessie’s arm from the shark’s mouth. Jessie was rushed to the hospital where doctors were able to reattach his arm. As of January 2002, Jessie is making a slow but steady recovery. Shortly after this shark attack, an email was being forwarded around the internet which claimed to know the truth behind this shark attack. The writer stated that on the day Jessie was attacked, the boy’s uncle was fishing for sharks! The uncle reeled in the shark and when the kids went into the water to see the shark Jessie was bitten. The story sounds believable since shar
