News 9-year-old girl’s hand miraculously repaired by docs after frightening shark attack Updated: Jun. 22, 2025, 4:24 p.m. | Published: Jun. 22, 2025, 4:23 p.m.

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.

Her mother says surgeons were able to put the 9-year-old’s hand back together. “They had to get arteries from her leg to the hand, got the blood flow back to her hand. Install pins in bones.

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (WBBH) - A 9-year-old girl was flown to a Florida hospital, where she underwent surgery, after her family says she was bitten by a shark while snorkeling. The family of 9-year-old ...

A 9-year-old girl has left the hospital eight days after a suspected shark bite damaged her hand. Leah Lendel was snorkeling with her family when she screamed, and her mother saw a large wound on ...