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    Girl bitten by shark off NC is recovering well

    GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl bitten by a shark while riding a boogie board off North Carolina's Ocracoke Island has no plans to avoid the beach after the injuries to her leg and foot are healed.

    Lucy Mangum's parents, Jordan and Craig Mangum, told CBS' "The Early Show" on Tuesday their daughter loves the beach and the family plans to go back into the water as soon as it's feasible.

    The Durham girl said little during interviews with CBS and NBC's "Today Show" from a hospital in Greenville, but her parents recounted the shark attack that severed muscles, an artery and the Achilles tendon in her leg.

    Craig Mangum is a physician and said he was pleased with his daughter's recovery and predicted she would be walking and running again soon.

     

    11 comments

    • J. Schoenborn  •  9 mths ago
      Bethany Hamilton herself would be proud of her.
    • brittany  •  9 mths ago
      This sound like the girl from the movie soul surfer but with out missing foot but she went back to the beach where she loves like the girl in the movie she never give up because of a shark YOU GOOOO GIRL :))
    • nick  •  9 mths ago
      I love shark diving off the coast of North Carolina.
      I used to love shark fishing there until I gave it up as a bad habit.
      Based on what I've seen there, you'd never get me on a boogy-board in that water.
      Bull sharks, tigers amd great whites are not good bathing companions.
      Fascinating critters to dive though.
      • Jay 9 mths ago
        Agree. People would be shocked to see what's cruising around them all along the east coast and gulf coasts.
    • Jay  •  9 mths ago
      If more people knew how close sharks are swimming to them off the US coast, and if they knew how large some of those sharks are.... LOL The beaches would clear.
    • i can see you  •  9 mths ago
      Ocracoke Island. Awesome place! I surfed there on crappy little waves a long time ago. Don't forget the bug repellent though!
    • Valerie Spry  •  9 mths ago
      good for her
    • francois roger rudebeaux ...  •  9 mths ago
      Beeee sssss! Soon as she sees the water, she'll have a panic attack! If she does get in the water it will be no deeper than one inch!
      • Sally 9 mths ago
        She's only 6 years old. Lighten up.
    • LONNIE  •  9 mths ago
      the thing's people say and do for attention
    • bastage  •  9 mths ago
      Sounds like the Shark was hungry.
    • william  •  9 mths ago
      shes probably gonna have nightmares for the rest of her life....
    • Solar Water Heaters  •  10 mths ago
      Good girl.Best wishes to u
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