Third shark attack in Florida in three days A second shark attack in three days has hit a Florida beach community known as "the shark bite capital of the world." Eighteen-year-old Reed Zipperer was bitten at New Smyrna Beach Monday while surfing. Zipperer needed 19 stitches in his left hand. This attack, plus the two at New Smyrna Beach, means three people were bitten within 72 hours along Florida’s coast.