A 9-year-old girl whose right hand was nearly bitten off her arm by a shark near Boca Grande may fully recover thanks to fast action, doctors said.

Leah Lendel was airlifted to Tampa General Hospital for emergency surgery after she was bitten on the hand by a shark near Boca Grande, Florida.

A 9-year-old girl in Florida is recovering from surgery after a shark nearly bit her hand off while she was snorkeling on a beach off Boca Grande last week

Over the last five to eight years, more and more sharks have been hanging around the beaches of Cape Cod,” Palumbi said. “It’s led to more people realizing that they have

He was behind schedule, his actors were fighting, the crew were mutinous and worst of all, his shark was broken. It looked like Jaws was destined for failure, but the movie that came out defined the Hollywood blockbuster.