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Florida’s dad returned to the ocean after a shark bit his finger on a family fishing day.
Brett Leader Pinky was seriously injured when he pulled the hook and tried to release the accidentally caught lemon shark from Summerland Key on July 17.
The deleted TikTok video shows Reeder leaning against the edge of a boat and wrestling with sharks in shallow water.
“I was caught in the gills and was trying to unhook when the shark suddenly bent,” the leader said.
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Suddenly, the shark clenches the leader’s left little finger and twists as the family watches in fear.
“I lost my g ***** n pinky!” The leader shouted in the video.
The 6-foot shark swam away quickly, and Reeder was in urgent need of treatment.
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“When Courtney and Beka put a tourniquet on their lower arm, we immediately anchored and Mandy cut the line,” the leader said.
According to NBC Miami, the breeder was airlifted to Jackson South Hospital and doctors were able to reattach the leader’s pinky with over 100 stitches, pins and casts.
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“They put me in the hardcast below because all four tendons were cut above,” he told NBC Miami. “They wanted my hands to be supported in this way for about 6 weeks for the tendons to heal completely.”
Brett’s wife, Mandy, posted a TikTok video of Brett fishing. This time, she has a bandage on her left hand and a knife on her other hand.