A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a shark while snorkeling off the Florida Gulf Coast, with the animal nearly biting her entire hand off, her family said.

A 9-year-old girl snorkeling off the coast of Florida nearly lost her hand when a shark bit her in a harrowing attack, her family said Thursday. Little Leah Lendel was in the water near Boca Grande with her parents and siblings at around noon Wednesday when the apex predator suddenly chomped down on her right hand — tearing it mostly off at the wrist,

A family vacation in Florida this week almost ended in tragedy after a girl was bitten by a shark. One moment, the waters were calm and pleasant when 9-year-old Leah Lendel was snorkeling with her family off the coast of Boca Raton,