his friend joe janson swam into the circle of blood and repeatedly told him to get on his board. >> seriously, god sent us a wave, me and joe both. a perfect little wave came right then right to us. >> reporter: that wave got them safely to shore. todd never saw the great white again. but his wounds were severe. the first bite was 40 inches from his shoulder-blade to almost the top of his leg. the second bite where the shark swallowed his leg was ten inches long. he lost half the blood in his body. it took five and a half hours of surgery, 500 stitches and 200 staples to put him back together. while todd is still undergoing physical therapy and although he remembers the attack with crystal clarity, on this day he looks wistfully out to the water. >> you know there is a risk. you choose to take that risk. and then, you know what happens. they are definitely not an enemy. i'm not happy with the one that bit me. but there is really nothing, you know, we can do about it. i might as well have died if i am not going to surf again. >> when we come back on "second look." what it's like to live on the