HOURS. WHAT BEGAN AS A PEACEFUL BEACH DAY ON THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TOOK A TERRIFYING TURN WHEN A SHARK ATTACKED A 15 YEAR OLD SWIMMER. THE GIRL SUFFERED SERIOUS, LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, BUT SHE WAS LUCKY THAT AMONG THE MANY HORRIFIED PEOPLE ON THE BEACH WERE TWO VACATIONING DOCTORS AND TWO NURSES. ONE OF THOSE DOCTORS, RYAN FORBUS, WAS IN THE WATER WITH HIS CHILDREN WHEN HE HEARD THE SCREAMS AND SAW PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF THE WATER. THE IMPROMPTU MEDICAL TEAM WORKED TOGETHER AND VERY LIKELY SAVED THE GIRL'S LIFE. DOCTOR RYAN FORBES JOINS US NOW FROM ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA TO SHARE THAT STORY. DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US ON FOX. WHETHER YOU'RE ON VACATION WITH YOUR FAMILY, ANOTHER FRIEND OF YOURS, ALSO A DOCTOR IN A PLACE THAT YOU VISIT OFTEN, CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THAT DAY? BEING IN THE WATER WITH FAMILY. HOW DID THIS ALL PLAY OUT ? WELL, LIKE I SAID, ME AND, DOCTOR ALI, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS, AND WE VACATION, TO THAT BEACH ALMOST EVERY YEAR TOGETHER. AND I WAS THERE, BOOGIE BOARDING MY SON. HE WAS THERE. BOOGIE BOARDING WITH HIS DAUGHTER. AND OUR WIVES WERE ON THE BEACH WATCHING THE OTHER SMALLER CHILDREN. AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SOME, YOU KNOW, SCREAMS AND CONVULSIONS OVER TO OUR LEFT. AND WE WERE THINKING THAT, OKAY, MAYBE A SHARK, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A SHARK ATTACK AT THAT POINT, BUT WE JUST I JUST GRABBED MY SON AND HE GRABBED HIS DAUGHTER, AND WE STARTED RUNNING TO THE BEACH, AS WE WERE BOOGIE BOARDING. SO IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY, YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GOING ON. AND THEN AS WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR KIDS SAFE TO THE BEACH. AND THEN I LOOK TO THE AS AS I'M RUNNING UP TO THE BEACH, I LOOK TO THE LEFT AND I SEE BLOOD IN THE WATER AND THEN, ABLE TO SECURE MY KIDS. AND HE WAS CURIOUS KIDS. AND THE WIVES TOOK CARE OF THAT AND WENT. WE RAN DOWN TO HELP WITH THE VICTIM. THEY WERE THEY WERE PULLING THE VICTIM OUT OF THE WATER, AND PLACED HER UP ON THE BEACH. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO, AT THAT POINT, START, TREATMENT WITH, HOLDING, YOU KNOW, PRESSURE WHERE WE NEEDED TO STARTING TOURNIQUETS AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ADVANCED TRAUMA CARE AT THAT POINT, TRYING TO GET, HER STABLE AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET THE FIRST RESPONDERS THERE. SO IT WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF I THINK ONE WAS A TRAUMA NURSE THAT WAS THERE. THERE WAS AN AN ENT THAT WAS THERE, EMT, AND THEY WERE ALL JUST WE'RE ALL JUST VACATIONING. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. YEAH IT FEELS LIKE A GRACE OF GOD TYPE TEAM AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OFTENTIMES ARE COOL CUSTOMERS BY NATURE. YEAH. IT'S PREREQUISITE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS, BUT THIS WAS A VACATION SETTING. HOW DID YOU CLICK INTO GEAR SO QUICKLY LIKE THAT AND FORM AN IMPROMPTU MEDICAL TEAM? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT DIDN'T IT WASN'T WE DIDN'T FORM IT. IT JUST FORMED ITSELF, I THINK AT THAT POINT WHEN WE THEY GOT HER TO THE BEACH AND WE SAW THE LEVEL OF THE INJURIES, WE KNEW THAT YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WITH ANY MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT NEEDS TO JUMP IN. AND SO ME AND DOCTOR, ODDLY, HE'S THE INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST IN MISSISSIPPI, AND HE'S AN AMAZING DOCTOR. YOU KNOW, HE WAS ABLE TO GO IN AND JUMP IN AS WELL AND HELP WITH WITH CONTROLLING THE BLEEDING. AND WE WERE UP WITH GETTING THE TOURNIQUET AND THEN ALSO GETTING THE PATIENT STABLE AND OUT OF THE WATER. SO, IT WAS A PRETTY, HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. BUT, I'M GLAD THAT THE, SHE SURVIVED. YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT IT WAS KIND OF A GRACE OF GOD THAT WE ALL HAD A MEDICAL TEAM OF PEOPLE THERE, AND I FELT WE WORKED WELL TOGETHER. WE FELT LIKE WE COULD HAVE WORKED FOR TOGETHER FOR YEARS. IT WAS JUST. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY'S MEDICAL TRAINING AND EVERYBODY WENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PATIENT RIGHT AWAY. YEAH, TRULY, IT'S IN YOUR NATURE. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO READ ALL ABOUT THIS. YOU'RE ON THE BEACH WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHAT WAS THE SCENE LIKE ON THE BEACH AS THIS SITUATION WAS OCCURRING? HOW DID EVERYONE REACT AS YOU JUMPED INTO ACTION? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY WAS SCARED AND MY KIDS WERE SCARED. AND SO MAKE SURE MY WIFE WAS THERE. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARED WITH THAT. BUT, BUT I THINK WE HAD A GOOD, EVERYBODY ON THE BEACH WAS TRYING TO HELP, TRYING TO FIND THINGS TO HELP WITH TOURNIQUET, TRYING TO HELP WITH THINGS WITH THAT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ACCESS THE FIRST RESPONDERS. SO LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. EVERYBODY ON THE BEACH TOGETHER AND, AND I'M SO GLAD THE GIRL SURVIVED. YEAH SHE'S IN SERIOUS CONDITION, BUT THANKFULLY SHE'S BEEN IMPROVING. HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY ON HOW SHE'S DOING ? YES, ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY. MY, I'M A PRIVATE PRACTICE DOCTOR HERE IN ORANGE BEACH, AND MY OFFICE MANAGER, YOU KNOW, I CALL HER EVERY DAY JUST TO SAY, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? ANY MESSAGES? WHATEVER. AND SHE'S LIKE, HOW WAS YOUR DAY? AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE EVENT ON THE BEACH. AND SHE'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT WAS YOU GUYS. AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH. AND THEN SHE'S LIKE, WELL, I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM SACRED HEART WHERE THEY TOOK THAT GIRL HAVING DINNER. I WAS LIKE, AND THEN SO SHE WENT ACROSS THE STREET TO CHECK JUST TO SEE IF SHE WAS DOING OKAY. AND THEN THEY BROUGHT HER UPSTAIRS AND TALKED WITH A FAMILY. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ON THE CELL PHONE TO THE MOTHER, AND SHE WAS TELLING ME AND DOCTOR ELLIE HOW THANKFUL SHE WAS. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT WITH EVERYBODY. AND I WAS JUST IT WAS GRATEFUL TO HEAR THAT SHE SHE SURVIVED BECAUSE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THE TEAM. SUCH A SCARY AND AN UNFORTUNATE SCENE. BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT DOES FEEL LIKE A GRACE OF GOD SCENARIO, THOUGH, THAT THAT PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE THERE ON THE BEACH IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY AND ABLE AND ABLE TO HELP A JOB WELL DONE TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE GANG. DOCTOR RYAN FORBUS, THANKS FOR
