{"id":159630,"date":"2022-07-02T09:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T09:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=159630"},"modified":"2022-07-02T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T09:19:19","slug":"girl-17-has-leg-ripped-off-by-shark-before-hero-brother-fights-off-beast-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/girl-17-has-leg-ripped-off-by-shark-before-hero-brother-fights-off-beast-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 17, has leg ripped off by shark before hero brother fights off beast | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TEEN who lost part of her leg after being attacked by a nine-foot shark in Florida has spoken of her bloody ordeal for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Addison Bethea, 17, was scalloping in water about five feet deep near Grassy Island, just off Keaton Beach, when she was attacked by the beast in Taylor County on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000744395348.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000744395347.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>She was rushed to hospital with serious injuries as doctors desperately attempted to save her severely torn lib. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, she described the heroic efforts of her half-brother Rhett Willingham, 22, who jumped in the water and beat the huge shark off until his sibling was free.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Rhett was just like tapping me and the something latches onto my leg. 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stroller<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kc-azsia-johnson-comp.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>HUNTED DOWN <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Chilling last text of mom who was executed while pushing her baby in stroller<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SC-Burning-Helicopter-Comp-copy.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>GRUESOME SCENE <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bodies of 4 &#x27;torture victims&#x27; found by blazing tourist helicopter wreckage<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SC-Shark-Attack-Comp-copy.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-12an5ma\"><span>HORROR ENCOUNTER <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Girl loses her LEG after 9ft shark attacks her at popular US beach spot<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shane praised Rhett\u2019s quick thinking after he used a 4-foot tourniquet around her right upper leg top stop the bleeding as she was rushed to the shore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shark got her bad,\u201d Shane said. \u201cShe was very pale, and nearly going into shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the pair arrived back on land, Addison was airlifted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital where doctors were tasked with saving a proportion of her bloody limb. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dad Shane described how his daughter\u2019s quad muscle were \u201ccompletely annihilated\u201d after the shark had mauled her right leg twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was devastating, a nasty, nasty wound,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vascular surgeon took the vein from the left leg and turned it into an artery for the right leg to get blood flow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that his daughter is set to undergo a second surgery on Saturday as surgeons attempt to salvage enough tissue to enable a prosthetic for be fitted.<\/p>\n<p>He added that medics were trying to avoid taking her leg off from her hip as she prepares for life after the incident. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat she is even alive is the number one thing\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<h2>WARNING TO SWIMMERS<\/h2>\n<p>The latest attack comes as parks and recreation officials put swimmers on high alert due to an\u00a0increase in shark\u00a0sightings reported earlier than usual this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors, including warming ocean temperatures, are contributing to an\u00a0increase in\u00a0shark\u00a0activity\u00a0in cities along the Atlantic Ocean coastline and West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>A resurgence of the bunker fish population is also luring them to area waters.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy scientist Megan Winton issued\u00a0a great white shark alert\u00a0ahead of the\u00a0Fourth of July\u00a0weekend after experts warned of a mass 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