His friends carried him to the beach and used surfboard leashes as a tourniquet around his legs to stop the bleeding before driving him to Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital in Stuart.

I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO STOP THE BLEEDING BEFORE WE GOT HIM TO THE TO THE HOSPITAL, AND EVEN BEFORE WE STARTED MOVING USING A SURFBOARD LEASH TO STOP THE BLEEDING. 93 STITCHES, THREE TENDONS ...

After being bit, Taschman caught a wave back into shore where he met his friends and a food truck operator, who used surfboard leashes as a tourniquet for his legs and then drove him to the hospital.

Taschman’s girlfriend, two friends and a food truck operator rallied him into a car and fashioned tourniquets out of the surfboard leashes as they sped to the hospital. “I actually blacked out ...

In a desperate bid to stem the bleeding, his friends improvised tourniquets from surfboard leashes, wrapping them tightly around his injured legs. With Taschman's condition deteriorating, his friends ...

With the help of a local food truck operator, they were able to use surfboard leashes at a tourniquet for his legs and rush him to the hospital. They felt it was faster to drive for help than call ...

Back on the beach, Taschman met his two friends, girlfriend and a food truck operator who helped tie his legs with up with surfboard leashes in place of tourniquets. Taschman was then rushed to ...

"I got bit by a shark!" he yells in the video. On the beach, his friends used their surf leashes to form a tourniquet and stop the bleeding as they raced to the nearest hospital. From there ...