--- description: The teen first noticed the shark when he felt it bite his leg title: Shark Attack Victim Who Lost Arm 'Didn't See It Coming' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c25d78b5e9b101b/698854cfe20a873b60a8bdc6/hunter-treschl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shark Attack Victim Who Lost Arm 'Didn't See It Coming' by [Richie Duchon/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Richie Duchon/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 11:11 AM CUT  Hunter Treschl speaks during an interview at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. on June 16, 2015. Hunter Treschl speaks during an interview at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. on June 16, 2015.AP—AP by [Richie Duchon/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Richie Duchon/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 11:11 AM CUT One of two young shark attack victims to lose an arm in separate encounters in North Carolina over the weekend said he “didn’t see it coming.” In comments released by 16-year-old Hunter Treschl’s family via New Hanover Regional Medical Center, the teen said he felt the shark bite his leg, “and then I saw that it had attacked my arm because it was out of the water a little bit.” Treschl and a 12-year-old girl both lost their left arms to shark bites in separate incidents about two miles apart in Oak Island, North Carolina, on Sunday. The attacks also… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/north-carolina-shark-attack-victim-who-lost-arm-didnt-see-n376811?cid=par-time-article%5F20150617 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/"},"headline":"Shark Attack Victim Who Lost Arm 'Didn't See It Coming'","datePublished":"2015-06-17T11:11:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:16:36.921Z","description":"The teen first noticed the shark when he felt it bite his leg","url":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/","keywords":["North Carolina"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c25d78b5e9b101b/698854cfe20a873b60a8bdc6/hunter-treschl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Richie Duchon/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c25d78b5e9b101b/698854cfe20a873b60a8bdc6/hunter-treschl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"North Carolina Shark Attack","caption":"North Carolina Shark Attack","creditText":"AP—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/","name":"Shark Attack Victim Who Lost Arm 'Didn't See It Coming'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Recent Shark Attacks Could Be Part Of A Trend","description":"A 16-year-old is listed in good condition at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in North Carolina, after he lost his arm in a shark attack at a nearby beach.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vEqEvg0f/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-17T15:38:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vEqEvg0f.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3923995/shark-attack-victim-speaks/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```