COCOA BEACH -- A 10-year-old Ohio boy was bitten by a shark Tuesday in the surf, Beach Patrol officials there told Local 6 Orlando TV.
Despite being bitten on his foot and upper thigh, the boy swam bsck to shore on his own in shallow waters at 11:30 a.m. near the Ocean Landings condominiums in the 900 block of State Road A1A.
The child was treated at Cape Canaveral Hospital.