Shark Attacks: Florida girl almost loses hand, S.C. girl bitten on leg

TAMPA, Fla. — A young girl was flown by helicopter to a hospital Tuesday after she was bitten on the leg by a shark on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

This follows a similar attack last week in Florida, where nine-year-old Leah Lendel nearly lost her hand after being bitten by a shark near Boca Grande.

“I didn’t see anything. I was just snorkeling, and I went up to read and then something hard bit me,” Leah Lendel recounted during a news conference at Tampa General Hospital…

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