Shark attack season has arrived and one woman shared her terrifying experience

In this Jan. 7, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a shark swims off the coast of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in World War II's Pacific theater. But the remote atoll where thousands died is now a delicate sanctuary for marine life, and a new battle is pitting preservation of its vaunted military history against the protection of its wildlife. Midway, now home to the largest colony of Laysan albatrosses on Earth, is on the northern edge of the recently expanded Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, now the world's biggest oceanic preserve. (Wyland/NOAA via AP)

A 51-year-old Georgia woman is recovering after authorities say a shark bit her on the thigh as she swam off of Florida’s Atlantic coast.

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Melanie Lawson tells Orlando television station WESH  she had told her children not to go deeper than 3 feet (about 1 meter) as they swam off New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday. She says she felt something hit her, knocking her over in the water, and then felt the pain.

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Lawson, who lives in Marietta, north of Atlanta, was taken to a hospital for treatment.

She says she’ll go back into the ocean again, but added it will probably be a long time.

Lawson says she and her family are heading home Thursday.

Volusia County beach safety spokeswoman Tammy Marris says it’s the second shark bite reported this year.

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