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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Achol Arok and AAP

Sydney woman attacked by shark wakes briefly from coma to say three words

Leah Stewart, a 34-year-old teacher with a one-year-old daughter, remains in intensive care after being attacked by a shark at Coogee beach
Leah Stewart, a 34-year-old teacher with a one-year-old daughter, remains in intensive care after a shark attack at Coogee beach on 13 June. Photograph: GoFundMe

A woman attacked by a shark at Sydney’s Coogee beach has uttered her first words after waking from a coma 10 days after sustaining her injuries.

“I love you,” Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after coming out of a coma on Tuesday. She was bitten by a great white shark on 13 June.

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