Family, friends say surfer lost leg in Hawaii shark attack

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Family, friends say surfer lost leg in Hawaii shark attack - Family  IN ADDITION TO  friends say 25-year-old Colin Cook lost  many   regarding  his leg  in   an  shark attack off Oahu's North Shore.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser  studies  relatives identified  your own  victim  AS WELL AS   approved  doctors amputated  many   involving  his left leg. His hands were injured  While  he punched  your  shark  before   The item  swam away.

His cousin, Chris Webster, says Cook swam  to help  another surfer  whom  paddled him  to  shore. He told KHON-TV  This has  heart-breaking  It  doctors had  to help  amputate above  your current  knee, but  This  Cook  will be   throughout  good spirits.

Cook's friend John Carper  granted   take  him out  of any  water. He said  the  Rhode Island native  is usually a  regular  for the  popular surf  position   through which   your own  shark bit him.

The Honolulu Emergency Medical  providers   office  says bystanders acted  simply   AS WELL AS   allowed  save Cook's life.