Leah Lendel was snorkeling near Boca Grande on June 11 when "something hard bit me and then tried to tug me away," she said at a news conference Thursday alongside her parents and the doctors who ...

Jay Lendel, Leah's father, also with her when the shark attack happened. After seeing Leah's hand nearly bitten off, Jay picked his daughter up and ran to the road, searching for help.

NEED TO KNOW 9-year-old Leah Lendel was attacked by a shark in Florida on June 11 New body camera footage shows the aftermath of the shocking moment the little girl was pulled from the water Leah ...

Leah Lendel, 9, recounted moment she was bitten in a shark attack while snorkeling off the Gulf Coast last week near Boca Grande, Florida. BOCA GRANDE, Fla.