A 9-year-old girl bitten by a shark in Florida says she's not afraid to get back to the water

A nine-year-old girl who was bitten by a shark while she was going on vacation to Florida said that this terrifying experience would not keep her out of the water.

Maggie Crum was in the water at New Smyrna Beach as she was leaving Ohio with her family on Friday when a shark shook her mouth on the top of her right calf, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.

"I saw sand swirling, then he bitten my upper calf," Maggie told NBC News, adding that she was in knee-high water at the time of l & # 39; attack.

Although her mother had seen memories that Volusia County was "the world capital of shark bites," she thought her daughter was joking. That is to say until she sees the blood.

Officials told Maggie that the shark who bit her was about 3 to 4 feet long and that she needed a dozen stitches. Nevertheless, she is delighted to be able to return to school with a story to tell, a thorny scar and a shark bite necklace commemorating the Kennedy Space Center.

This year alone, 10 people were bitten by sharks in Volusia County, but Maggie said at "Today" that she was planning to get back to the water while on vacation.

"What are the chances of you being bitten twice?" Maggie said. "I think it's an absolute zero! Big zero, it will not happen."