melissa mcbride of kabc has more. >> got bit. >> reporter: the reaction from the pier moments after ammer is bitten by a shark struggling to get free from a fisherman's line 200 yards from the pier. >> i heard screaming curls that was like nothing heard before. >> reporter: jeff was surfing and paddled over to help. the swimmer was with a group of long distance swimmers trying to help. >> the paddle board happened to get to him. he had a bigger board than i did and started to yank him up as everybody tried to get him on the paddle board. that's when we joyed the gouge out of his side. >> reporter: the swimmer has moderate injuries from the teeth after 6 to 7-foot long juvenile great white. >> when i saw the injury it wasn't a full size bite and it was in the torso under the arm. >> great whites are common in the waters off manhattan beach. eric martin who works at the aquarium on the pier says that this may have been what's known as a response bite. >> it's where the shark is hooked in the lip and he's trying to shake the hook. his mouth is opening and closing shaking his head. when h

melissa mcbride with kabc has the story on manhattan beach, california. >> reporter: the reaction from the pier moments after a swimmer is bitten by a shark struggling to get free from a fisherman's line 200 yards from the pier. >> i heard some screaming curls that was like nothing heard before. >> reporter: jeff was surfing near the pier and paddled over to help. the swimmer was with a group of long distance swimmers trying to help their friend. >> the paddleboard happened to get to him before i did. he had a bigger board than i did. started to yank him up as everyone tried to get him on the paddleboard. that's when we noticed the big gauge out of his side. >> reporter: l.a. county lifeguards says the swimmer has moderate injuries from the teeth of a six to seven foot long juvenile great white. >> it wasn't a full sized bite. it was in the torso just under the arm. >> reporter: great whites are common in the waters off the beach. this may have been what's known as a response bite. >> it's where the shark is hooked in a lip. he's trying to shake the hook. his mouth is closing and openi

melissa mcbride with kabc has the story on manhattan beach, california. >> reporter: the reaction from the pier moments after a swimmer is bitten by a shark struggling to get free from a fisherman's line 200 yards from the pier. >> i heard some screaming curls that was like nothing heard before. >> reporter: jeff was surfing near the pier and paddled over to help. the swimmer was with a group of long distance swimmers trying to help their friend. >> the paddleboard happened to get to him before i did. he had a bigger board than i did. started to yank him up as everyone tried to get him on the paddleboard. that's when we noticed the big gauge out of his side.

. >> that was melissa mcbride reporting. the beach remained open and south of the manhattan pier, it was restricted to swimmers following the incident. >>> new york city firefighters are mourning the loss after a devastating fire at a brooklyn high rise. lieutenant gordon ambliss died from smoke inhalation. he was honored just last month for saving the life of a 7-year-old. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. >> other firefighters were treated for injuries. last time a firefighter died in the line of duty was more than two years ago. >>> they are still trying to figure out what caused add massive fire and two small children. this is in the southwestern part of the city. this is before it was brought under control. a 4-year-old i would and twin girls and baby died in the flames. the mother of the twins was home and trying to help the other trying to escape and couldn't reach the four in time. they are overcome with grief. >> i love my daughter. >> firefighters are trying to figure out what started the fire. it may have