• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Teen loses hand and leg in shocking Florida shark attack

Home> News> US News

Published 17:59 10 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Teen loses hand and leg in shocking Florida shark attack

Lulu Gribbin was swimming in the sea on her 'first mother-daughter' beach day out

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

Featured Image Credit: Caringbridge/Barrett Grant

Topics: Shark, Florida, News, Health

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Shark attacks seem to be becoming all too frequent in the US, and now two teens have been added to the list after being mauled by a shark.

The mother of one of the two girls who were attacked by a shark in Florida has expressed her horror over seeing her daughter looking ‘lifeless’ afterwards.

The teens were attacked over the weekend after going on their ‘first mother-daughter beach trip’, but ended up experiencing ‘something out of a movie’.

Advert

Lulu Gribbin, 15, was swimming on Friday, 7 June on the Florida coastline, which saw another teenager from Alabama -McCray Faust, 17 - bitten on the foot.

Another brutal shark attack has been reported in the US. (Getty Stock Image)
Another brutal shark attack has been reported in the US. (Getty Stock Image)

According to WDHN, a 45-year-old woman, Elisabeth Foley, also lost part of her hand in the attack.

Ann Blair Gribbin and her daughters were enjoying their time with other friends from Birmingham when they found out that sharks were in the water.

Advert

Shortly after, Lulu’s twin sister Ellie broke the news of the terrible incident.

This comes after another woman was attacked an hour and a half earlier, which officials believe to be caused by the same shark.

Horrified by what she saw, the mom wrote on caringbridge.org: “I saw her wounds on her leg and started to scream. She was lifeless her eyes closed mouth white and pale.

Lulu Gribbin, 15, is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark. (Caringbridge)
Lulu Gribbin, 15, is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark. (Caringbridge)

Advert

"The wound on her leg or all that was left of her leg was something out of a movie. I finally made it back to her and held her hand and she saw me, and I told her I was there.”

In a stroke of luck, two doctors were vacationing together at the beach and provided what is thought to have been life-saving intervention to Lulu, who was then airlifted to the Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.

Unfortunately, Lulu lost a hand and part of her leg in the horrifying attack, but thankfully she lived.

The mom wrote: “We prayed the entire way.”

Advert

When the mother found out that her daughter had lost her left hand in the attack her right leg had to be amputated, and that she lost two-thirds of the blood in her body, she said: “Of course, no one wants that for your child but she is alive.”

On Saturday, Lulu was able to have her tube removed and her vitals were doing well.

Officials believe the same shark attacked another woman hours earlier. (Getty Stock Image)
Officials believe the same shark attacked another woman hours earlier. (Getty Stock Image)

Ann wrote: “This was a first big step. Once she was settled her first words to us were ‘I made it.’ And boy she did.”

Advert

Having expressed her thankfulness to those who helped her daughter that day, she believes that it’s all part of God’s plan.

She penned: “At this point we will have multiple surgeries in the days to come and our lives will be forever changed. Lulu is strong, beautiful, brave and so many more things I can’t count.

"God has a plan for her, and we will be there to support her every way we can."

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Experts reveal if Trump's strikes on Iran actually destroyed nuclear stockpile as new images are released

    Trump claimed the US had obliterated Iran's three key nuclear sites, but new satellite images could shed more light on the claims

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Iran reportedly breaks ceasefire with Israel just hours after Trump issued desperate plea

    Iran have reportedly already broken the ceasefire with Israel shortly after Trump announced that an agreement had been met

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Huge rescue mission underway after tourist gets trapped 1,600ft down active volcano

    Juliana Marins, 26, is said to have been trapped in the volcano in Indonesia for three days

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Iran's foreign minister gave extremely telling response to Trump's claim cease fire deal is done

    There's been an ongoing back-and-forth between Iran, Israel and the US for some time

    News
  • Important rule that could save you from shark attack after ‘biggest great white shark ever’ recorded resurfaces in US tourist hotspot
  • Teen details moment her leg was ripped off during horrific shark attack
  • Pro surfer's leg washes up on shore after horrifying shark attack
  • Shark circles paddle boarders in the middle of the ocean in terrifying footage