Charlotte teen bitten off Texas coast

Fourteen-year-old Lydia Paulk, suffered from ripped tendons in her left foot after a shark bit her yesterday.

The North Carolina teen was swimming in waist-deep water with family off the Texas coast near Galveston. Paulk was hanging on the end of a rubber boat when the shark grabbed her foot. The girl's aunt, Kit Marshall was in the boat with a younger niece.


"My sister saw the shark coming," Marshall said. "It all just happened really pretty quick. She knew immediately what was happening because she saw the tail start wiggling."

The teen arrived at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where she was in fair condition after surgery. Another surgery is scheduled for Friday.

Marshall said the shark incident would not keep them out of the ocean permanently.

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