Elisabeth Foley was swimming in the ocean off the Florida coast with her family when a shark suddenly appeared right next to her. “I saw this incredibly large dark mass that looked like a torpedo,” she said.

For former Mansfield resident Elisabeth Foley, June 7, 2024, began as an ordinary beach day on the Gulf Coast of Florida — and quickly turned into a battle for her life. As on the previous three days,

The mother of three was one of three people bitten by a shark within the span of 90 minutes while on vacation in Florida.

An Ashland woman who was attacked by a shark last summer in Florida is making a remarkable recovery. Elisabeth Foley lost her hand in an attack in Walton County, Florida, in June. She was one of three people bitten within the span of 90 minutes.