Family Snorkeling Trip in Bahamas Turns Into Race to Save Man's Leg After Shark Attack

Family snorkeling trip in Bahamas turns into race to save man's leg after shark attack

"It hits you hard and quick" | A family snorkeling trip in the Bahamas turned into race to save man's leg after a shark attack, only the fourth ever documented from this shark type.

Shark attack survivor becomes shark photographer

HONOLULU, HI. (NBC, KYMA) - A shark attack survivor finds purpose through underwater shark photography. In 1997, Mike Coots suffered a brutal shark attack while bodyboarding at a Kauai beach. It severed his right leg, but it also put him on the path to his true calling, underwater photography. "I think I'm very fortunate. I don't have flashbacks. I don't have bad dreams and life's been absolutely incredible since that morning", said Coots. Now a…