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Charlotte man recounts Outer Banks shark attack

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte man who survived a shark attack in the Outer Banks is sharing his story.

Patrick Thornton said he was vacationing with his children over the weekend when he and the kids were hit by a large wave. That’s when Thornton noticed a 5-foot-long shark as the water receded.

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“I turned my body so that my back was to the waves -- didn’t see anything -- and I felt a tug at my foot and my foot kind of get wretched back almost to where I fell, and I realized it was a pretty large, pretty large creature that grabbed my foot,” Thornton said.

He said he punched the shark to get it off him and was injured on his right leg and lower back.

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