Positivity: Shark victim and rescuer reunite

From Honolulu, about the survival story of a Toledo, Ohio man:

Posted on: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:44 AM HST
They praise each other as they recall last week’s ordeal

Harvey Miller was reunited today with the “humble” man who saved his life after a tiger shark bit his leg while he was snorkeling off Bellows beach.

“You’re looking good,” Ray Howell told Miller early today, four days after the attack.

Sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket over his left leg, Miller thanked Howell for saving his life.

Almost immediately, the men starting talking about what happened, filling in the gaps of their respective memories of those chaotic moments.

On Thursday about 3 p.m., Miller was swimming about 150 yards from shore at Bellows Air Force Station when an 8-foot tiger shark bit him near his left knee.

Miller punched the shark in the side to get away and began yelling for help. Howell, who was on the lanai of a rented cabin, heard Miller’s pleas and jumped into the water. Howell’s sister grabbed a maintenance man for help, and his brother-in-law called 911.

Howell said on national TV today that Miller didn’t know anyone was coming to help until he got within about 10 yards of him.

“When I heard, ‘I’m here,’ that was my saving grace right there,” Miller said. “Sometimes God puts us where he needs us. I’m appreciative that you answered his call and saved my life.”

Howell told Miller he saved himself.

“You got to remember what you did,” he said. “You fought that (shark) off, you called (out)… you really took control of that situation.” …..

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