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Leah Lendel, the 9-year-old Bradenton, Florida, girl who almost lost her hand to a shark bite told her story Thursday at Tampa General Hospital.

According to newly-released bodycam footage from the June 11 shark attack on Boca Grande, a witness described the shark as being about 8-foot. The sheriff's deputy's bodycam recorded more than 22 ...

The witnesses described the shark as a bull shark. The footage suggests the shark left the beach area by the time the sheriff's deputy approached Lugo and his group. About noon June 11, Boca Grande ...

A 9-year-old girl, Leah Lendel, was attacked by a shark in Boca Grande, Florida. The attack occurred around noon on June 11th and severely injured the girl's arm. First responders were quickly alerted ...

UPDATED at 8 p.m. with additional details, video. BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (WWSB) - A 9-year-old Bradenton girl was snorkeling with her siblings in Boca Grande on Wednesday when she was bitten by a shark.

A 9-year-old girl who nearly lost her hand in an apparent shark attack Wednesday is recovering from surgery at a Tampa hospital, according to a report from NBC affiliate WBBH.

9-year-old girl snorkeling off Boca Grande, Florida, suffers severe hand injury after vicious shark attack Leah Lendel has to have her hand put 'back together,' uncle tells NBC News ...

The 911 alert, which went out at 12:11 p.m., read: “SHARK IN THE WATER/KID ARM INJ; SERIOUS bleeding; ARM BY HAND.” No one on the beach saw the shark at the time of the bite, said Chief C.W. Blosser ...

The Lee Board of County Commissioners continued its commitment to Lee County Parks & Recreation sites with votes Tuesday for projects to renovate two popular barrier island parks in Bokeelia and Boca ...