Re: 06/30/2011 Cassidy Cartwright ( North Carolina )
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:20 pm
Benefit in Hornell Saturday for victim of shark attack
Cassidy Cartwright was standing in 3 feet of water when the bull shark bit her leg.
The 10-year-old native of Erie, Penn. was vacationing in North Topsail Beach, N.C. with her mother and several other people when the shark attacked her on June 26.
At the time, she didn’t realize what was happening.
“It felt like somebody pulling on my leg or messing around,” she said in a phone interview with the Tribune on Monday. “We realized something bit me when my mom saw my leg. We guessed it was a shark when we got to the hospital, and then they found a tooth in my leg.”
Cartwright is the daughter of Hornell native Keith Cartwright, and is the granddaughter of Maple City resident Ruth Ann Bebout. A benefit is scheduled for her from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hornell Association on Broadway, with tickets priced at $5.
Anyone looking for tickets can call Bebout at (607) 324-5648. The tickets are the same price at the door the day of the benefit. Bebout estimated that 450 tickets have already been sold.
Bebout, who said Cassidy is known in the area and has been enrolled in the past in YMCA programs, first thought of the idea. Cassidy will be attending the benefit with her father.
“I work at the Association, and the board of directors kind of encouraged me to go ahead and do it. They’ve helped immensely,” she said.
The benefit includes several raffles and a chinese auction including a big-screen television and a new generator. Future’s Past will provide musical entertainment.
Money raised at the benefit will go toward Cassidy’s medical expenses. Right now, she’s using a wheelchair at school, and is also walking with crutches and a walker.
She’s working her way through physical therapy twice a week added her mother, Carolyn Cartwright. When Cassidy will be back to full-strength is unclear.
“She’s handling it well. She’s come a long way,” said Carolyn Cartwright. “The first few months were rough, but she’s been though a lot and and handled it well. She has a very good attitude.”
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Cassidy Cartwright was standing in 3 feet of water when the bull shark bit her leg.
The 10-year-old native of Erie, Penn. was vacationing in North Topsail Beach, N.C. with her mother and several other people when the shark attacked her on June 26.
At the time, she didn’t realize what was happening.
“It felt like somebody pulling on my leg or messing around,” she said in a phone interview with the Tribune on Monday. “We realized something bit me when my mom saw my leg. We guessed it was a shark when we got to the hospital, and then they found a tooth in my leg.”
Cartwright is the daughter of Hornell native Keith Cartwright, and is the granddaughter of Maple City resident Ruth Ann Bebout. A benefit is scheduled for her from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hornell Association on Broadway, with tickets priced at $5.
Anyone looking for tickets can call Bebout at (607) 324-5648. The tickets are the same price at the door the day of the benefit. Bebout estimated that 450 tickets have already been sold.
Bebout, who said Cassidy is known in the area and has been enrolled in the past in YMCA programs, first thought of the idea. Cassidy will be attending the benefit with her father.
“I work at the Association, and the board of directors kind of encouraged me to go ahead and do it. They’ve helped immensely,” she said.
The benefit includes several raffles and a chinese auction including a big-screen television and a new generator. Future’s Past will provide musical entertainment.
Money raised at the benefit will go toward Cassidy’s medical expenses. Right now, she’s using a wheelchair at school, and is also walking with crutches and a walker.
She’s working her way through physical therapy twice a week added her mother, Carolyn Cartwright. When Cassidy will be back to full-strength is unclear.
“She’s handling it well. She’s come a long way,” said Carolyn Cartwright. “The first few months were rough, but she’s been though a lot and and handled it well. She has a very good attitude.”
http://www.eveningtribune.com/