Boy, 13, who lost leg in shark attack shares miraculous story of survival: ‘The Lord gave me the strength’
Three years after he endured a vicious shark attack of a 10 -year -old child under his knees, he now shares his story about a series of miraculous events that resulted in the encounter and survival of life.
Jameson Reeder Jr. and his father Jameson Reeder Sr. told Fox News Digital under a Gopro camera under a Gopro camera to see that Jameson’s mother and three siblings Loe Key Resif could find hood and other sea life in the crystal clarity.
Jameson Sr., Jameson Jr.
“After taking Jameson to the boat, then we see incredible damage and we know that he was strongly attacked by a large shark.” He said. “And we didn’t see the shark.
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Jameson Jr. Immediately after seeing a sea turtle under water, he remembered the moment of the encounter of fate with a bull shark of at least 8 feet.
“When he attacked me, I didn’t think of anything other than the people attacked me,” he said 13 -year -old. “As I shake me, I pull my head back and see it was a shark, and that’s why I put my head in place and started screaming for help.”
Jameson Sr. and his wife Mary Catherine Reeder wrote in a new book about the terrible experience and the family’s recovery journey “Rescue in reef: the miraculous real story of a little child with great faith. “
Jameson Sr. remembered that he had screamed “in absolute fear” while holding his bleeding son, and thought that they might be the last moments.
“Jameson’s leg under the series is actually gone.” He said. “Tibia bone, the main bone and sharp traces of all over it. Fibula, outer, smaller bone went.
Soon a series of events that the father said there was nothing miraculous.
A boat closest to Reeder’s boat was the fastest ship in reef and offered Jameson to compete to the shore, and a nurse suddenly appeared from the water and jumped to the ship with a dry medical bag to help the injured child.
“You don’t expect to meet a nurse in the middle of the ocean, Jameson said Jameson Sr.
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But Jameson Sr, the greatest miracle of all was the belief that his son “Jesus would save me”.
Jameson Jr., trying to stay awake during the journey to the shore, “a burning man” he saw, and the fire “was actually Jesus,” he said.
“And I just looked at him and looked at me. He didn’t say anything, but he just gave me a sense of peace, Jame Jameson said Jr. Then he could sing, “I will worship here,” he added.
Jameson Jr. He then spent four weeks and had four operations. As he continues to grow, he will still need additional surgery in his leg.
However, the 13 -year -old child has not yet allowed the injury to prevent fun.
“I surf, I play baseball, and sometimes I do some rock climbing and school,” he said. “I play an electric guitar and sing.”
The child also returned to the shark match that changed life to face his fears.
“The Lord gave me the power to return,” he said, and added that he had a great time to swim with his friends and his family.
Jameson Jr. has a new love of shark with the image of one of the predators on the prosthesis leg. He also says he wants to go into shark diving one day without a cage.
The Reeder family said that later on the anniversary of the shark attack later on this month, they expect to return.
