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Juliette Shipp, age 9, Bitten by Shark 06/27/06
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Ocean view Condos, Hutchinson Island, FL
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This may not be the exact location of the beach where this happened--I couldn't find the address of Ocean View Condos. But it is pretty close.
When Juliette Shipp starts fourth grade this fall, she'll have one heck of a "What I did over the summer" essay.
Speaking for the first time publicly since she was apparently bitten by a shark Tuesday morning, the 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl was tired, but in good spirits Friday. She has a cast on her right leg and numerous stitches, but doctors have said she should be able to make a full recovery, her mother Leslie Shipp said.
"It's really achy and sometimes it hurts," Juliette said of her injury. "It's really scary when you look at it. It looks like 200 stitches ... and only one little part is not in stitches."
Juliette was standing in the surf on a beach in front of Ocean Village as her mother floated on a raft nearby when the first of three bites came without warning, she said. She caught a glimpse as something locked onto her calf and wiggled around, she said.
She saw a gray shape swim away from her after she was attacked and she cried out to her mom. "We both looked down and we were just screaming for a minute or two," Juliette said.
"I'll play on the beach in the sand, but I don't think I'll go into the ocean again. It's just too scary," she said.
An account has been set up by Leslie Shipp in trust for Juliette Shipp at Riverside Bank, 1600 South Federal Highway, Fort Pierce, FL 34950. For more information, contact Riverside at (772) 464-4900. Shipp, who said she has limited insurance, plans to use the money to pay for medical expenses and potential future plastic surgery to cover scars on Juliette's leg.
This may not be the exact location of the beach where this happened--I couldn't find the address of Ocean View Condos. But it is pretty close.
When Juliette Shipp starts fourth grade this fall, she'll have one heck of a "What I did over the summer" essay.
Speaking for the first time publicly since she was apparently bitten by a shark Tuesday morning, the 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl was tired, but in good spirits Friday. She has a cast on her right leg and numerous stitches, but doctors have said she should be able to make a full recovery, her mother Leslie Shipp said.
"It's really achy and sometimes it hurts," Juliette said of her injury. "It's really scary when you look at it. It looks like 200 stitches ... and only one little part is not in stitches."
Juliette was standing in the surf on a beach in front of Ocean Village as her mother floated on a raft nearby when the first of three bites came without warning, she said. She caught a glimpse as something locked onto her calf and wiggled around, she said.
She saw a gray shape swim away from her after she was attacked and she cried out to her mom. "We both looked down and we were just screaming for a minute or two," Juliette said.
"I'll play on the beach in the sand, but I don't think I'll go into the ocean again. It's just too scary," she said.
An account has been set up by Leslie Shipp in trust for Juliette Shipp at Riverside Bank, 1600 South Federal Highway, Fort Pierce, FL 34950. For more information, contact Riverside at (772) 464-4900. Shipp, who said she has limited insurance, plans to use the money to pay for medical expenses and potential future plastic surgery to cover scars on Juliette's leg.
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