Surfer bitten by shark off NE Fla. coast

ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. - A surfer is recovering from surgery on his foot after being bitten by a shark in the waters off a northeast Florida beach.<br /> <br /> Andrew Birchall tells The St. Augustine Record (http://bit.ly/NhUaFU ) that he was surfing late Thursday morning when a shark bit his foot. Other surfers helped Birchall back to shore.<br /> <br /> Birchall says the shark left behind a tooth in the wound.<br /> <br /> St. Johns County Fire Rescue paramedics took Birchall to a hospital where he had surgery to repair torn tendons.

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