PORTLAND, Ore. -- A family friend says the 14-year-old surfer whose arm was severed last Sunday by a dory is able to sit upright and is showing emotional resolve after surgery to reattach the arm.

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Cole Ortega in a photo shared with KGW from his family.

Tommy Siniard told The Oregonian that Cole Ortega of Bend has had follow-up operations to reattach a biceps muscle and a triceps tendon and to graft skin from his right thigh over the wound.

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Ortega was in a large group of surfers using the beach near Pacific City. The ocean was jammed with boats, surfers and others on the Fourth of July weekend.

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Siniard says Ortega also has been treated for two broken ribs and a punctured lung. He says Ortega was able to sit up Friday morning and talk.