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13 NEWS AT TEN STARTS NOW. WELL, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT THERE. CHEERS. IN MOUNTAIN BROOK. THIS AFTERNOON TO WELCOME HOME A TEENAGER WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT TEN. I’M GLADYS BAUTISTA BACK IN JUNE, LULU GRIBBIN LOST AN ARM AND A LEG DURING A HORRIFIC SHARK ATTACK OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. SINCE THEN, SHE’S BEEN IN THE CARE OF DOCTORS IN THAT STATE AND IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT WAS UNTIL TODAY, WHEN HUNDREDS GATHERED ON THE STREETS OF HER HOMETOWN CELEBRATING HER RETURN TO ALABAMA. �������� 13 S ZOE BLAIR ATTENDED THAT SPECIAL PARADE AND SHARES HOW HER STORY HAS INSPIRED OTHERS. PURPLE IS LULU GRIFFIN’S FAVORITE COLOR, AND THE WHOLE TOWN OF MOUNTAIN BROOK WAS WEARING PURPLE TO CELEBRATE HER COMING HOME. LULU LULU LULU LULU STRONG HAS BEEN MOUNTAIN BROOK MOTTO SINCE JUNE 7TH, WHEN LULU GRIBBINS LOST HER ARM AND LEG IN A SHARK ATTACK. NOW, 77 DAYS LATER, LULU IS BACK HOME AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS CELEBRATING. I’M HERE TO SUPPORT HER. SHE’S A VERY STRONG INDIVIDUAL AND IF THAT WERE ME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN FREAKING OUT. I WAS JUST THINKING HOW MUCH OF AN INSPIRATION SHE IS AND THAT SHE KEEPS GOING BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW IF I COULD DO WHAT SHE HAS DONE. THE TOWN HOSTED A PARADE IN HER HONOR, BRINGING OUT HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS TO LINE THE STREETS AND WELCOME THE 15 YEAR OLD HOME. BLUE AND STRONG. PURPLE BOWS ON HOMES AND STORES SHOW THE SUPPORT, AND ONE RESTAURANT EVEN NAMED A DRINK AFTER HER. MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY DON’T KNOW LULU PERSONALLY, BUT FEEL LIKE THEY DO AFTER FOLLOWING HER STORY. HER RECOVERY WAS LIKE, AMAZING. LIKE, YEAH, IT WAS REALLY COOL. IT WAS SO COOL. LIKE WATCHING LULU STRONG ON LIKE INSTAGRAM. I’M CONSTANTLY CHECKING IT. AS LULU MADE HER WAY THROUGH THE CROWD, PEOPLE CHEERED AND TOLD HER HOW BRAVE SHE IS. WE WANT TO TELL HER THAT WE’RE PROUD OF HER AND THAT SHE’S WORKED REALLY HARD AND SHE’S. YEAH, WE’RE HERE FOR HER. YOU’RE A STRONG INDIVIDUAL. YOU’RE A STRONG WOMAN. KEEP GOING. KEEP IT UP AND JUST KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW? THAT’S ALL I WANT TO SAY TO HER. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WERE HERE IN MOUNTAIN BROOK SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR LULU IN MOUNTAIN