Birthday Girl, 10, Fights Off Shark!
Globe|May 13, 2019

Brave kid lucky to be alive

Birthday Girl, 10, Fights Off Shark!

PLUCKY Peyton Shields fended off a fierce shark trying to turn her into a snack and made it to her tenth birthday bash — despite receiving 40 stitches!

The predator struck while Peyton was boogie-boarding off Florida’s Crescent Beach near St. Augustine, chomping on both of her legs. But when she bravely lashed out to defend herself, the shark also bit her left hand before swimming away.

This story is from the May 13, 2019 edition of Globe.

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