March 9, 2016 - FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - A metro east 12-year-old is recovering from a shark bite while on vacation in Florida.
Michael Wilson was wading in three feet of water Friday at Ocean Reef Park, when a shark sunk its teeth into his foot.
He has a fracture and some scratches.
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| Michael Wilson. |
They say the entire ordeal was pretty scary but the Wilsons still caught a Cardinal's spring training game in Jupiter Sunday afternoon before heading home to O'Fallon, Illinois.
Wilson even used his injury to get the attention and an autograph from his hero Matt Holliday. - KSDK.

