Robles said they could see the shark, seven feet (2.1 meters) long, emerge at the surface and at a very fast attack rotation.
Steven Robles was an hour swimming as part of their routine weekend against some of the most popular beaches in Southern California when he was face to face with a great white.
"Steven Robles was taken to hospital on Saturday and was discharged on Sunday"
The Spaniard came out of the hospital on Sunday, was attacked on Saturday around 9:30 am by a young shark trying to get rid of the hook of a fisherman, told Efe.
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Robles, 40, a resident of Lomita, southwest of Los Angeles, said that could see the shark, seven feet (2.1 meters) long, emerge on the surface and in a very quick turn toward him to attack in chest.
"He surfaced, looked at me and attacked me in the right chest," Robles told KABC television. "It all happened in two seconds. Eyes when I saw him toward me and threw my chest and would not let go."
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Reaction of Hispanic, possibly saved his life, was catching the shark's head to try to get rid of him, according to the Associated Press, Robles tried to open the animal's mouth to stop the attack. The Associated Press
A man and his son observed a replica of a great white shark in Manhattan Beach, CA, where a shark attacked a Hispanic.
Robles knows the waters of Southern California. His routine Saturday morning include anything from Hermosa Beach north to Manhattan Beach with several fans long distance swimmers. Last summer completed a difficult journey of about 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Santa Catalina Island to the peninsula of Rancho Palos Verdes, to raise money for a school in Nicaragua.
His friend recounts the moment after the attack
Robles had advanced about 3 km (one and a half miles) with a dozen friends Saturday when the shark attacked him at about 9:30 am, said his friend and fellow swimmer Nader Nejadhashemi Sunday.
"He said: 'I was bitten' and started screaming," said Nejadhashemi, who saw no shark, even though it was little more than a meter away. "Then I saw the blood."
Nejadhashemi swam over to his friend and verified that "had all their limbs intact," then encourage while others in the group asked for help to a man on a table with paddles.
For several hours we could not swim in Manhattan Beach because of a white about 7 feet long attacked a man.
"I do not know how we can upload it to the table, but we did," he said. Then several surfers helped drag the table to the shore, where paramedics treated the injured.
Robles was taken to hospital but on Sunday morning and had been discharged. Robles did not return several messages left Sunday at several phone numbers to your name.
The shark remained in the area about 20 minutes and then disappeared into the water, said Rick Flores, spokesman for the Los Angeles County firefighters. The beaches remained open, but a stretch of about 1.6 km (one mile) was temporarily closed to swimmers, Flores, who said the lifeguard patrolled in boats to make sure there was no danger added.
Dispute between swimmers and surfers vs fishermen
In California, where shark attacks are rare, swimmers and surfers have requested that the fishing ban near the docks after the attack on Steven Robles, according to the Los Angeles Times.
According to the newspaper, on Sunday some surfers and swimmers regular fishermen accused of precipitating the attack Robles by "using bait" fish guts and blood that have attracted sharks.
"We're surfers, lifeguards and swimmers, fishermen who despise our dock," said Mimi Miller at ABC News. "It's a nuisance than they are here, we endanger every day," he added.
However, Eric Martin, co-director of the Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium, said the fishermen have been using regular bait and no special baits.
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