"It’s some sort of miracle that now she has a hand.” Leah Lendel, 9, recovering at Tampa General Hospital after she was bitten by a shark while snorkeling with her family.

Napoleon enforced right-hand travel across his empire, and that stuck too. So today, about 75% of the world drives on the right, thanks to a mix of war, tradition, and practicality.

A 12-year-old girl was airlifted to receive medical attention after sustaining a shark bite in waters off South Carolina's Hilton Head Island.

Girl, 9, has her hand ‘torn mostly off' in shark attack in Florida The incident happened Wednesday as Leah Lendel was in the water in Boca Grande, near Fort Myers.

A 9-year-old girl was flown to a hospital after an apparent shark bite that nearly severed her hand. It happened in the water off Boca Grande on Wednesday, Gulf Coast News is reporting.