Lulu Gribbin is opening up more than a year after her encounter with a shark during a family trip to Florida
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- An Alabama teen is opening up about how she is channeling positivity more than a year after she was attacked by a shark
- Lulu Gribbin revealed in a new interview that she has found a renewed interest in several sports — and hopes to one day participate in the Paralympics
- The teen also spoke about her memories from the attack, which occurred while she was on a trip to Florida with her mom and twin sister
An Alabama teen who lost two limbs in a shark attack says she is “grateful” to be alive — and is now channeling her trauma into positivity.
Lulu Gribbin was 15 years old when she was attacked by the shark off the shore of Walton County in Florida in June 2024. South Walton Fire District Chief Ryan Crawford previously said the teen was swimming about four miles away near the first sandbar at Seacrest Beach at the time of the attack.
According to Gribbin’s mother, Ann, the girl’s left hand was bitten off by the shark while doctors had to amputate her right leg “halfway up from her knee to her hip.”…