The Coast Guard released video of 56-year-old Chris Haynes Junior being rescued after he was bitten by the shark. His family said he had more surgery Monday and is resting well tonight at UMC. Haynes was in the water fishing with his son and friends when he was attacked off the Louisiana Coast. The Jackson businessman was a passenger on a boat called the Predator, which was 65 miles Southeast of New Orleans near Brenton Island when it happened.
It was a terrifying scene for Chip Haynes, who watched his father being attacked by sharks. "There were two. One ran into him and left a bruise and then the other came and bit him." Once the shock of what was happening wore off, Haynes and the other fisherman rushed to his dad's side. "I saw my dad jumping around splashing in the water, and then he like fell and me and some of the guys just tried to move the boat closer." They wrapped a towel around the shark bite, trying to stop the bleeding. He said his father has had two surgeries since Saturday and another one is scheduled for later this week. Doctors said he has five torn tendons. "It's the four (tendons) that help him move his foot and the one that helps him move his big toe," said Haynes. He and his dad have fished near Brenton Island many times, but that will be their last. "We definitely shouldn't have been there obviously," he said.
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