HORRIFYING details have emerged after a teen girl suffered devastating wounds from a shark attack off the US coast. Addison Bethea, 17, was hunting for scallops off the northwestern coast of Florid…
"And she was under the water and then she came back up and there was blood around her and I saw the shark."The species of shark has not been confirmed, but witnesses are estimating the predator was nearly nine feet long.Bethea suffered serious injuries and had to be airlifted to a hospital about 70 miles away,While medical officials and Willingham fought to mitigate damage, Bethea now faces an upcoming surgery to amputate her right leg, CBS News reported.
Despite this devastating situation, the siblings' mother Michele Murphy said her survival was miraculous."It's a miracle she survived this and I know if Rhett hadn't been the one that was with her when it happened we may be in a very different scenario right now." Bethea bravely said that she can't wait to return to the ocean despite the tragic situation and urged people to not be immobilized by her incident."I had so many people comment on my Instagram saying, 'I'm so scared of the ocean now.'"
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