A young North Carolina shark attack victim spoke out about the tragic accident from his hospital bed, CNN reports.

Hunter Treschl is one of the two teenagers who were mauled by a shark at a North Carolina beach and is recovering at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.

"I didn't see it coming," the 16-year-old said. "I was just in about waist-deep water, playing with my cousin ... and felt this kind of hit on my left leg ... like it was a big fish coming near you or something."

"Then it just kind of hit my arm. That was the first I saw it, when it was biting up my left arm," Treschl recalled the freak attack.

He had to get his arm amputated below the shoulder following the shark bite.

Meanwhile, 13-year-old Kiersten Yow was attacked by a shark the same day just 90 minutes before Treschl. The shark bit her in the leg and arm. She had to get her arm amputated below the elbow.

A witness told NBC News that the attack was "like a scene from 'Jaws.'"

"Everybody was screaming, 'Get out of the water!'" Steve Bouser recalled.

He said the girl was "obviously going into shock" while people around her tried talking to her. "She would respond not very enthusiastically, but you could tell she was still conscious," Bouser said.

Both victims had life threatening injuriess but were quickly in stable condition after going to the hospital.

South Carolina marine biologist and shark expert Daniel Abel said the victims were probably bitten by the same shark.

"The probability that it's two different sharks is vanishingly low," he said. "But, you know, I could be wrong. These are solitary animals. They are not schooling together. It could be one animal that was in the same place people were."

Yow's parents said she was transferred to North Carolina Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill on Monday and is in stable condition.