"You're being very brave. Very strong," a Lee County sheriff's deputy told a 9-year-old girl after a shark bit and partially ...

A positive update to a terrifying story, as a 9yr girl who nearly lost her hand in a shark attack is out of the ICU.

One of two 911 callers frantically alerted authorities of a shark in the Boca Grande water and said they needed help "ASAP." ...

She is recovering in Lee County after authorities say the injuries are consistent with those of a shark attack. Boca Grand ...

Authorities said the child, identified by family as Leah Lendel, was snorkeling in the water with her family off Boca Grande, ...

A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a shark while snorkeling off the Florida Gulf Coast, with the animal nearly biting her ...

News of a shark attack or bite is always unsettling. A young swimmer was was airlifted from Boca Grande in Lee County on June ...

The family says 9-year-old Leah was snorkeling when the shark bit her. Good Samaritans came over when they heard screaming to ...

A 9-year-old girl who was bit by a shark off the Florida coast can move her fingers again, according to her family.

A 9-year-old girl snorkeling off the coast of Florida nearly lost her hand when a shark bit her in a harrowing attack, her ...

A 9-year-old girl was airlifted to a hospital after an apparent shark attack off the Gulf Coast of Florida, fire rescue said.

Family members of the 9-year-old girl who nearly lost her hand in a shark attack in Florida say she can now move her fingers.