But for a Fitchburg, Massachusetts local, it was the complete opposite. Eugene Finney was enjoying a family vacation in Huntington Beach, California when he decided to go for a swim. After a few minutes, he was struck something that jarred him so much it gave him "instant whiplash." He struggled out of the water.
“Something struck me from behind. I’d never been hit like that before. It was pretty jarring," he told CBS Boston. “That’s when my daughter said to me, Daddy, how come your back is all bloody?”
Fitchburg had a big cut down his back. With serious chest and back pains that persisted through the night, Fitchburg decided to go to St. Elizabeth’s Medical