Dad joked his son was being eaten by shark as actual shark savaged him

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savaged by a shark.On September 29, 2018, 13-year-old Keane Hayes had been diving for lobster off the coast of California when he felt a violent tug on his body.After initially thinking he had been pranked by his diving partner, the teenager looked down and saw that his wetsuit had been shredded and he was bleeding heavily.Letting out a gut piercing scream, Keane found the strength to paddle to a nearby kayak and was taken to shore.Meanwhile, on the shore, Keane's parents were blissfully ignorant of their son's horror plight.Speaking to the Washington Post, the now 17-year-old's mum Ellie Hayes said that when she heard the screams she had been on the phone to her husband Ben.At the time he had laughed away her fears, saying: "It was probably just Keane getting eaten by a shark."While Keane hadn't been eaten by the sea beast, he had been savaged.The bite from the unknown shark had completely lacerated his body with lifeguards testifying they could see his lungs after they had rescued him.The attack had also fractured his scapula, shattered his humerus (upper arm), torn his rotator cuff (muscles and tendons surrounding the shoulder joint), and left him with several back injuries.He was also missing parts of his deltoid (shoulder) and latissimus dorsi muscles, which cover the middle and lower back.

Keane was placed in surgery for five hours and received over 1,000 stitches for his wounds.And remarkably, Keane has returned to the water despite the attack.

Last year, he spent 351 days in the sea as he sought to overcome his fears of sharks. Returning to the same spot on Beacon's Beach where he was savaged, Keane said: "It was good to be back at the spot and making good memories."To stay up to date with all the latest news,.