Florida Teen Survives Shark Attack After Losing 70 Percent of His Blood: 'I Feel Pretty Lucky'
“I kind of just bled out on the boat,” he recalls. “It crossed my mind that I was going to lose my leg. Luckily I didn’t.” The Pinecrest, Florida teen lost 70 percent of the blood in his body, about three liters, and his legs needed to be reconstructed in a series of four operations. Lucas Cruz.Michelle Lopez “He had cuts all the way down to his bone,” Dr. Haaris Mir, a surgeon and medical director at the Burn and Reconstructive Centers of America in Miami whohelped reconstruct the teen’s legs, tells PEOPLE....