Lulu Gribbin relaxes after leaving Pensacola hospital

A day after being released from a Pensacola hospital, the Alabama teenager who nearly died following a shark attack in Walton County was reunited with her two younger siblings.

The last time Lulu Gribbin saw her two younger siblings was two days before she nearly died in Rosemary Beach on June 7. Lulu lost her hand in the attack and suffered devastating injuries to her leg after being attacked by a shark during a mother-daughter vacation.

“They hadn’t seen Lulu since we left last Wednesday, and certainly not since she was bitten by a shark,” Ann Gribbin, Lulu’s mother, wrote on CaringBridge, a website where people share updates on their health issues. “I hadn’t seen them since then, and I needed to hug them and kiss them and tell them they are loved.”