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The city of New Smyrna Beach is looking to buy multiple properties for conservation and flood mitigation. The land surrounds ...
Just two days after surviving a shark attack, longtime surfer Matt Bender is back home — bandaged, recovering, and already thinking about his next wave.
New Smyrna Beach leaders are aiming to purchase more than two dozen acres of land next to Turnbull Creek to conserve the area and help ease major flooding problems.
A 40-year-old surfer in Volusia County recently survived a shark attack, leaving him with unexpected scars. Matthew Bender ...
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is turning up the heat in Volusia County with the opening of their restaurant inside the Walmart ...
A surfer was attacked by a shark over the weekend in a painful encounter.The 40-year-old was in the water off<a ...
A 40-year-old man was hospitalized Sunday after being bitten by a shark while surfing off New Smyrna Beach, a popular surf ...
Shark bite victim speaks out after New Smyrna Beach shark attack ...
Bender said in the aftermath of the attack, he used his leash as a tourniquet, got on his belly, and used his surfboard like a boogie board to get back to shore safely before flagging down a young ...
A surfer in Florida says he fought off a shark after it attacked him in what's known as the 'Shark bite capital of the world.' ...
Video footage has captured the horrifying moment after Matt Bender, 40, was brutally bitten by a shark in waters dubbed the ...
A 40-year-old surfer describes a shark attack at New Smyrna Beach in Florida as feeling "like a bear trap" and "electricity." ...