Swimmer Needs 20 Stitches After Pelican Crashed Into Her

Debbie Shoemaker, 50, was swimming off the Florida coast in Treasure Island waters, near St. Petersburg, when a pelican which was apparently diving for fish crashed into her by mistake and tore a gash into Shoemaker's cheek with its long beak. The bird did not survive the collision. Shoemaker, from Toledo, Ohio, USA, was immediately taken to hospital where she needed 20 stitches. She returned home from hospital last Friday. St.

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