kate larson spoke to him about surviving. >> you can feel the whole body shaking with the shark, yout the whole thing trying to gnaw in at me. >> reporter: still in his hospital gown steve robles describes what it was like to be attacked by a seven-foot white shark while swimming in manhattan beach. >> surfaces to the top, i see him two seconds, he makes a really sharp turn, comes lunging at me on my chest. ed a no time to react. it just happened so quick. >> reporter: lifeguards say it's been more than 100 years since someone has been attacked by a shark in l.a. county. robles escaped with chest lacerations and a broken artery in his thumb. >> i used my hand to grab his nose. pried him off of me. i mean, i thought that was it. i -- i thought -- for just a second i thought this was it. i was really scared. >> it's right here! keep swimming, get out of the water! keep swimming! >> reporter: this is cell phone video reportedly taken from the manhattan beach pier where this fisherman, who did not want to show his face, says he and his friends were trying to catch bat rays when they acci

nbc's kate larson spoke to him. >> the whole thing is trying to gnaw in on me. >> still in his hospital gown, he describes what it was like to be attacked by a seven-foot white shark while swimming in manhattan beach. >> surfaces to the top. i seen him for about two seconds and he makes a really sharp turn, comes lunging right at me, on my chest. i had no time to react. it just happened so quick. >> reporter: life guards say it's been more than 100 years since someone has been attacked by a shark in the county. he escaped with lacerations and a broken thumb in his right arm. >> i pried him off of me. i thought that was it. i thought just a second, this is it. i was really scared. >> right here. get out of the water! >> get out of the water, you. >> keep swimming! >> reporter: this is cell phone video reportedly taken from the manhattan beach where this fisherman, who did not want to show his face on camera, said he and his friends were trying to catch bat rays when they accidentally hooked the juvenile great white shark that bit rogelas. >> the shark was headed straight for the swimmers