Nine-year-old bit by shark in Florida has surgery

Nine-year-old bit by shark in Florida has surgery

A 9-year-old girl recently bitten by a shark on Florida's Gulf Coast joined her family and doctors at Tampa General Hospital on Thursday to talk about her recovery. Leah Lendel was snorkeling with her family at Boca Grande on June 11 when a shark bit her, leaving her hand "hanging by a little piece of skin," according to a witness.

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