"It spit me out": Man bitten by great white shark tells how he survived

Pacific Grove, Calif. — A man who was bitten by a great white shark off the central California coast last month was released from the hospital Wednesday.

Steve Bruemmer, 62, was released from Natividad Medical Center in Salinas three weeks after the shark bit him as he swam off Pacific Grove near Monterey, the hospital said.

Bruemmer was applauded by hospital workers as he left in a wheelchair, wearing a blue T-shirt emblazoned with the words: "Shark Attack Survivor."