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Alex Mitchell

Shark victim's first words as fight for life continues

Leah Stewart was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a shark attack in Sydney on June 13 (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A young mother mauled by a shark has briefly regained consciousness after more than a week in a coma and spoken her emotional first words.

"I love you," Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after being extubated on Tuesday, 10 days after she was bitten by a great white shark on June 13.

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