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    Shark bite survivor is ‘our little warrior’

    Posted on July 8, 2022

    Surrounded by family members and stuffed sharks, Addison Bethea posed for a photo before the operation that amputated her right leg above the knee on Wednesday.

    Shark bite survivor Addison Bethea, 17, underwent a successful hours-long operation to amputate her right leg just above the knee on Wednesday at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH), following a shark attack on Thursday, June 30.

    “It’s been less than 24 hours, and she’s doing better than expected, which is no longer surprising us, because she’s Addison, – she’s our little warrior,” her family said in a statement released Thursday morning.

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