New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County, Florida has an unofficial title of the Shark Bite Capital of the World due to frequency ...

Just two days after surviving a shark attack, longtime surfer Matt Bender is back home — bandaged, recovering, and already ...

A surfer was bitten on the arm by a shark at New Smyrna Beach and rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A Winter Park man was bitten by a shark in New Smyrna Beach on Sunday, according to Volusia County officials. The 40-year-old ...

Matt Bender, a 40-year-old from Winter Park, was bitten on his right forearm while surfing on New Smyrna Beach Sunday.

A 40-year-old surfer describes a shark attack at New Smyrna Beach in Florida as feeling "like a bear trap" and "electricity." ...

On the same day as the Nantucket incident, a 40-year-old surfer named Matthew Bender of Winter Park, Florida, was attacked by ...

A 40-year-old surfer in Volusia County recently survived a shark attack, leaving him with unexpected scars. Matthew Bender ...

A Florida surfer has been bitten by a shark in New Smyrna Beach, otherwise known as the "Shark Attack Capital of the World." ...

By the time I looked down, it was gone, and all I saw was red, and I knew I was bitten by a shark,” Bender told NewsNation.

The attack took place in water off New Smyrna Beach, a city south of Daytona Beach in northwest Florida popular for its beaches and surfing.

Bender said in the aftermath of the attack, he used his leash as a tourniquet, got on his belly, and used his surfboard like ...