{"id":220796,"date":"2026-04-06T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220796\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:21:17","slug":"girl-shares-recovery-journey-after-shark-attack-on-florida-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220796\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl shares recovery journey after shark attack on Florida beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A girl is speaking out nearly a year after she was attacked by a shark in Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Leah Lendel said she still visits the beach in Boca Grande, where a shark bit her hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shark nearly tore her hand off while she was snorkeling near the shore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nearby construction workers rushed in to help save her before first responders arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said she is still trying to regain her strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can\u2019t really play piano now and i can\u2019t pick up more than 8 pounds, but me and my therapist are working for me to get my wrist strength back,\u201d Leah said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite everything, Leah still wants to fulfill her dream of getting a snorkeling license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She recommends that anyone going to the beach not swim in murky waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A girl is speaking out nearly a year after she was attacked by a shark in Florida. Leah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21038,28,30,29,100095,100094],"class_list":{"0":"post-220796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-boca-grande","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-going-to-the-beach","13":"tag-leah-lendel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}