A 9-year-old girl whose hand was nearly severed in a shark bite is now able to move all her fingers, according to a social media post from her family. The girl, Leah Lendel, was snorkeling off the coast of Boca Grande on Wednesday when the incident occurred,

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

A 9-year-old girl is in the hospital after she was attacked by a shark on Wednesday. The girl’s family says she was snorkeling at the time. People nearby quickly jumped into the water in Boca Grande, not knowing that a shark had attacked the girl. Witnesses said it looked like the shark bit off her hand.