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9-year-old Florida girl whose hand was nearly bitten off by shark recalls attack
A 9-year-old girl in Florida is recovering from surgery after a shark nearly bit her hand off while she was snorkeling off a Boca Grande beach last week. Leah Lendel spoke about that terrifying moment Thursday during a press conference at the Tampa General Hospital, where she received treatment.
"I was holding her hand in my hand and I didn’t think there was any chance at all of saving it,” her father said.
SHE'S A FIGHTER 9-year-old Leah Lendel shared exactly what happened when a shark bit her last week, nearly taking her hand.
She is recovering in Lee County after authorities say the injuries are consistent with those of a shark attack. Boca Grand ...
Nadia Lendel said Leah was about 4 feet from her in 4-foot-deep water when she said her child "flew out," her hand "hanging" ...
A shark bit the child while she was snorkeling off a Boca Grande beach. Doctors performed emergency surgery to save her hand.
Two sharks have attacked beachgoers since C.W. Blosser became the Boca Grande Fire chief, the most recent just this week.
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