{"id":52747,"date":"2015-10-09T09:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=52747"},"modified":"2015-10-09T09:16:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:16:33","slug":"shark-attack-saves-mans-life-after-he-then-discovers-he-has-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/shark-attack-saves-mans-life-after-he-then-discovers-he-has-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark Attack Saves Man&#8217;s Life After He Then Discovers He Has Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man&#8217;s near fatal encounter with a shark has saved his life, when doctors treating him for his sustained injury discovered he had cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Finney was enjoying a family holiday in California with his children and girlfriend, when he went for a swim and felt something slam into his back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It hit] harder than I&#8217;ve ever been hit in my life,\u201d the 39-year-old told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/nation-world\/ci_28935267\/man-gets-checked-out-possible-shark-attack-doctors\">Sentinel and Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finney was startled and hurt, the art marketing co-ordinator managed to flee from the water, but he had no idea what had happened to him.<\/p>\n<p>The creature left Mr Finney with a deep cut across his back and left him with multiple bruises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/final_8310034_831_3278460b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52748\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/final_8310034_831_3278460b.jpg\" alt=\"_final_8310034_831_3278460b\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/final_8310034_831_3278460b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/final_8310034_831_3278460b-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Returning to work in his home town of Fitchburg,\u00a0Massachusetts, he struggled with back and chest\u00a0pain caused by the attack\u00a0and\u00a0visited \u00a0hospital,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2015\/10\/06\/fitchburg-man-discovers-tumor-after-shark-attack\/\">Boston CBS Local<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors began treating Mr Finney for his blunt force trauma wounds then had to confront him with the news that they had discovered a stage one tumour on his right kidney.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Finney is now cancer-free, and will not require chemotherapy or radiation treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ingolf Tuerk at St Elizabeth\u2019s medical centre in Brighton, Massachusetts said the sharkattack \u201clead to a situation that saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s pretty fascinating when you think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man&#8217;s near fatal encounter with a shark has saved his life, when doctors treating him for his sustained injury discovered he had cancer. 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