Ella Reed said the shark bit her in the stomach, arm, finger and the top of her knee and that she received 19 stitches total at the hospital.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. --Ella Reed was sitting in shallow water with a friend near a jetty in the Fort Pierce area Thursday when the shark approached, the teen"The shark itself was so powerful," Reed told the station. "That was what I felt the most, was it like hitting my stomach really hard."
"It wouldn't leave me alone, so I had to use my arm and put it there and use my hand too, so it got my finger and my arm right here," she told WPLG, pointing to her injuries.Reed said she called her family after the attack. Her mother said she was stunned by the sight of her daughter. Reed told the station that the shark bit her in the stomach, arm, finger and the top of her knee and that she received 19 stitches total at the hospital.
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