A Stoney Creek boy has a vacation story to tell when he gets back to school.
Eleven year old Christian Mariani was bitten on the foot by a shark while playing in knee deep water on a beach in Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials told news outlets the 12 year old boy was found yesterday bleeding with puncture wounds.
Lifeguards were doing routine physical training when they heard a loud scream coming from the ocean across from The Ritz-Carlton.
Christian got 17 stitches, but it was the fear of not knowing what bit him and what would happen to his foot that scared him the most.
He adds he was more lucky than unlucky because it could have been much worse.