Shark attack survivor says she willed herself back to life
Leah Stewart, 35, spent 10 days in a coma after being viciously mauled in the first shark attack at Sydney's Coogee Beach in over a century on June 13.
TL;DR
- Leah Stewart, 35, was attacked by a great white shark at Coogee Beach, Sydney.
- She fought the shark with her bare hands, motivated by the thought of her daughter.
- Stewart spent ten days in a coma after the attack, during which she had 11 surgeries and her left arm was amputated.
- Upon waking from the coma, her first words were 'I love you' to her mother.
- She is now undergoing rehabilitation and learning to cope with her new disability.