“Something hard bit me and tried to shoot me on the high seas.” A week after the incident, he was the victim, Leah Lendel, a nine -year -old girl attacked by a shark in Florida, testified during a press conference on Thursday, June 19.
He was diving with a snorkeling near Boca Grande on June 11 at the time of being grouped, he says. “I raised my hand and was covered with blood and then began to shout with my mother,” says the girl, the right arm in a foam medical cube, in comments reported by ABC News.
“There was so much blood in the water just by my side … I immediately knew that it was a shark attack,” added Nadia, the mother, also present with the doctors who treated her daughter.
“I started screaming after my husband”, while “Leah’s instinct took over,” he said, adding that he came out of the water. “My father raised me and ran to the road,” confirms the young victim, whose brother and sister were also on the scene at the time of drama.
The saved girl’s arm
The family received the help of the workers who made their lunch on the nearby beach. They asked for help, quickly intervened and made a tourniquete to limit blood loss. So many gestures that Leah’s parents rent in front of the press.
Transported to the Tampa hospital after two hours of helicopter, he suffered a “long operation” began a few minutes after his arrival, his relatives first declared in a statement.
“I was trying to stop, I think she was crying more than she remembered her father Jay Lendel on Thursday. I am really grateful to everyone, very grateful that she is alive.”
Dr. Alfred HESS told him that, fortunately, the shark bite was not irregular: leaving a clear cut on Leah’s wrist, he did not destroy all fabrics. It is estimated that health professionals have acted in the six -hour period that had to save tendons, meat and muscles.
The arm bones were operated first, then doctors worked in the bloodstream. Leah’s vessels have been taken to guarantee the flow of blood at hand, doctors said. Now you must follow physiotherapy and pins in your hand will finally be eliminated.
50 years after the launch of the cult film The sea teeth From Steven Spielberg, little Leah was much more likely that victims discovered by chef Brody.
Source: BFM TV
