A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years.
On this day in 2011, a 6-year-old girl held a press conference to show the world she survived a shark attack with plucky composure, despite speaking from a wheelchair with her right leg bandaged knee to toe.
Lucy Mangum assured the public she was recovering nicely from the bite at Ocracoke despite a “mangled” knee courtesy of the shark estimated to be 4 to 5 feet long…