The girl was swimming in the ocean with other family members around noon local time on June 11 when a shark bit her, Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser said in a social media video.

Leah Lendel, 9, was attacked by a shark that nearly ripped her hand off. GoFundMe “Somebody [was] screaming, ‘Help, help, help!,’ Raynel Lugo, a nearby worker, told told WINK News.

The young girl was airlifted to a hospital in Tampa where she underwent surgery to repair her hand. "They had to get arteries from her leg to the hand. Got the blood flow back to her hand.

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. At approximately 12 p.m. on Wednesday, 9 ...

Hilton Head Island shark attack leaves beachgoer with serious leg injuries, following incident where 9-year-old Florida girl's hand was nearly severed during Gulf Coast snorkeling trip.

The girl was swimming in the ocean with other family members around noon local time on June 11 when a shark bit her, Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser said in a social media video.

A 9-year-old girl was flown to a hospital after an apparent shark bite that nearly severed her hand. It happened in the water off Boca Grande on Wednesday, Gulf Coast News is reporting.

A 9-year-old girl was airlifted to a Tampa hospital after a potential shark attack off the coast of Boca Grande on Wednesday. Witnesses said the girl, later identified by Gulf Coast News as Leah ...

A 9-year-old girl bitten by a shark in Boca Grande was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital where she's now out of surgery with blood flow restored to her hand.

HILTON HEAD, S.C. (WTOC) - We’re learning of another reported shark bite on Hilton Head Island that happened over the weekend. This follows a shark bite that injured a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday.

A 9-year-old girl snorkeling off Boca Grande, Florida, was attacked by a shark, leaving her with severe injuries. Leah Lendel’s family told NBC affiliate WBBH of Fort Myers that she went ...