 With the Metro News Minute, I'm Chris Lawrence. A West Virginia teenager is recovering from a shark bite suffered while on vacation at a North Carolina beach. 14-year-old Blaine Brown was bitten Sunday afternoon standing in waist-deep water with a friend at North Topsail Beach. The friend saw the shark. He did not. He stumbled out of the water and collapsed on the sand. North Topsail Beach Police Chief William Younger said quick action by others was critical.