A young boy has been hospitalized after suffering a shark bite in Fort Lauderdale.

The seven-year-old was visiting Fort Lauderdale Beach with his cousins on Thursday when he was attacked.

The boy’s mother, Grace Sosa, said the boy saw a school of fish nearby. Suddenly, he saw what he thought was a big brown fish. The fish then chomped on his right hand.

His family took him to the lifeguard stand who helped him to wrap his hand. Lifeguards inspected the wound and confirmed it was a shark bite.

His hand and arm were completely torn apart, according to the boy’s mother.

Sosa sent a warning to other parents.

The young boy said he is traumatized and never wants to go back to the beach.

Sosa said the shark bit through her son’s tendons. He had to undergo reconstructive surgery at Broward Health Medical Center on Friday.

There have been several shark bites in the last few weeks across South Florida, including a nine-year-old boy who was bitten on South Beach last week.

Experts said we are in the middle of one of the world’s largest shark migrations and at any given moment, there could be thousands of sharks in the water.