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>> i mean, everyone who knows me knows i take humor to everything, so, yeah, i just like stuffed sharks. i think it's funny. >> you're making light of the situation. rhett, what do you think watching your sister go through this? >> i mean, it's definitely not something i ever expected to watch, but seeing her now and how positive she is, it's good to see. >> addison, what have you said to your brother? i mean, his quick thinking is amazing. >> he's always been kind of like a hero to me, ever since we were little. he's always been there. and i don't really expect anything less of him, to be hon...

This large great white shark, to northern california, to the florida keys, where each recorded nonfatal attacks recently. this 16-year-old is recovering this morning after being attacked by a nine foot suspected whole shark. >> honestly, it feels like a weird dream because of grown up watching shark movies like jaws and all that stuff and i never expected it to happen to me. >> reporter: edison had been hunting for scallops and shallow water of keaton beach. >> i didn't feel it. the only thing that hurt was my hand. >> reporter: her brother saved her life, applying a tourniquet to stop the ble...

. all right. welcome back. a 17-year-old girl who survived a shark attack is sharing her story with cnn today. addison was scalloping in shallow waters off florida's gulf coast last week when a large shark bit her multiple times. her brother is a firefighter emt. he fought the shark off and was able to get her to safety. >> i didn't really know exactly what to do but i knew that with sharks you're supposed to punch them in the nose to get them off. i couldn't get around to punch it in the nose. then i just started socking it in the face and i spoked its eyes and i tried to latch it off of me...

To this amazing story. i know you have a gofundme fund-raiser. obviously, there are a lot of needs going through what you're going through and this is to help you and your family. if you see that, you can know that that is the real thing. rhett and addison, thank you so much. we wish you so much luck tomorrow during this operation and during your recovery, addison. thank you to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. we'll be talking about how the uvalde community is reacting after the school's police chief stepped down from his city council seat. the latest in the investigation into the sho...

>> 100%, yeah. >> rhett, it's thank goodness you were there right alongside of her and able to help her to get her to where she was able to get the help she needed at the hospital. what's ahead for your family, rhett, and do you expect that you guys will be back out near and around the ocean any time soon? >> i mean, most likely. addison seems like she wants to go back in the water. it really just depends on her. >> you're not afraid, addison? >> i mean, a shark's always been there. it just happened to attack me that day. i live 17 years without a shark attack. i'm fine going back. >> i thank ...