RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.(WSVN) — A South Florida fisherman is recounting the terrifying moment he was bitten by a shark in the Bahamas.

Eddie Jarmakowicz said his fun excursion of fish catching on Aug. 16 ended in an trip to the emergency room when a shark bit him on his left wrist.

“I kind of pulled back and then pushed forward. I lost the fish I had speared and never saw the shark,” he said.

Jarmakowicz, a Riviera Beach man and avid spear fisherman, said the moment occurred when he was fishing in about 20 to 25 feet of water.

“I believe that my entire hand was in the shark’s mouth by the lacerations that came up the forearm,” he said.

Following the attack, he swam back to his dive boat and his dive friend alert the crew and authorities.

Back on the boat, his dive crew wrapped his injure

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