Leah Lendel is recovering after a shark bit her hand off the coast of Boca Grande. With bait fish in abundance, marine ...

I didn’t see anything. I was just snorkeling, and I went up to read and then something hard bit me,” Leah Lendel, 9.

A 9-year-old girl, Leah Lendel, suffered a severe shark bite while snorkeling at a Boca Grande beach, nearly severing her hand. Doctors at Tampa General Hospital successfully reattached Leah's hand ...

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 ...