\u201cThe shark itself was so powerful,\u201d she told Local 10 News. \u201cThat was what I felt the most because it was hitting my stomach really hard.<\/p>\n
Ella said she punched the shark which made it swim away for a while, before it came back to attack her again. She explained: \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t leave me alone, so I had to use my arm and use my hand too, so it got my arm and my finger."<\/p>\n
Ella called her brother and mum for help. \u201cIt was insane because she was totally covered in blood pretty much from head to toe so she couldn\u2019t really see what went on,\u201d Ella's mum said, describing her as shaking but calm.<\/p>\n
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Ella was bitten several times – in the stomach, arm, finger and the top of her knee. She received 19 stitches. She says she is proud of her scars and knows her injuries could have been so much worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was kinda in shock about everything that happened, so I wasn\u2019t really in pain because the adrenaline was through the roof,\u201d she said, adding that, despite the incident, she still isn't afraid of the ocean.<\/p>\n
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