Shark attack that injured Alabama teenager leads to nationwide shark alert system

Shark attack on Alabama teen inspires the start of a national alert system - WXXV News 25

By  KIM CHANDLER Lulu Gribbin was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life. What she didn’t know when she entered the water on that day in 2024 was that another woman had been bitten by a shark 90 minutes earlier and just 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) down the beach. Had she known about the earlier attack, there is no way she would have been swimming, she said. Gr…

Shark attack that injured Alabama teenager leads to nationwide shark alert system

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. (WAKA) – Lulu Gribbin of Mountain Brook was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida in 2024. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life. What she didn’t know when she entered the water on that day was that a woman had been bitten by a shark 90 minutes earlier and just 3 miles down the beach. Had she known about the earlier attack, there is no way she would have been swimming, she s…