Oklahoma Woman Survives Shark Attack In Gulf Of Mexico

A 19-year-old Oklahoma woman is recovering from a shark bite she recently suffered off the west end of Galveston Island. Damiana Humphrey and her family were at the beach the day after Memorial Day when a five-foot shark got hold of her left hand in waist-deep water. She punched the shark twice and told her relatives to get out of the water. Humphrey suffered damage to four of her fingers and was hospitalized for two days after surgery. She had to quit her summer job at a hospital and will need to undergo weeks of therapy.