 kind of kick it away and at that point i think it's when it bit me and had i not pulled my legs up probably would have got my torso or something else sullivan's daughter says her mom is in stable condition and her father was injured too while fighting off the shark that shark stayed right there and just circled shark bites in some locations have been on the rise last year there were 36 confirmed shark attack bites in the u.s and so far this year there have already been at least 15.