Overview

• Annabelle Carlson, 16, says two sharks attacked her in Belize in August during a post-dive jump from a boat, severely injuring both hands and her right leg.
• Fellow divers threw a life ring and oxygen tanks, and a tourist supplied a tourniquet after the boat kit lacked key gear, enabling a 90-minute evacuation to a helicopter and hospital.
• After a month in a Miami hospital, she developed a rare mycobacterial infection that required repeated surgeries at Children’s Hospital Colorado, according to Dr. Julia Sanders.
• She now uses a prosthetic leg, has returned to activities including running, Pilates and scuba diving, and counts about a dozen operations with another planned.
• Carlson says she intends to start a foundation to donate hemorrhage-control first-aid kits to boats and camps inspired by the response that aided her rescue.