Horrified holidaymakers rushed to the young man's aid and pulled him from the sea as the terrifying attack unfolded.
The shark struck as lifeguards told Jose Ernestor da Silva to come closer to the shore, according to reports.
Footage shows rescuers carrying the 18-year-old onto Piedade beach near Recife, Brazil.
They try to stem the blood by tying garments around the wound, while others can be heard tell the clearly stunned teenager to “breathe”.
An ambulance rushed Jose to hospital, where he reportedly suffered two heart attacks and is in a critical condition.
Despite undergoing emergency surgery, his penis and femur were “amputated” by the bite of what is believed to be a tiger shark, according to medics.
Rodrigo Matias, from Recife’s fire department, said the victim was swimming with his brother and friends in deep waters near the shore, in an area marked by signs warning of shark attacks.
Seeing that the group was drifting further out, lifeguards called for them to return to shallower waters.
He said: “At the exact moment in which the lifeguards asked for them to come closer to the beach, he was bitten.”
Ambulance medic Wagner Monteiro said Jose had a heart attack after arriving at the local Aeronautica Hospital, and another as he was being transported to the Restauracao Hospital in the centre of Recife.
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