During the 11 a.m. worship service Sunday, Dec. 8, at Urbanna Baptist Church (UBC), a shark attack victim with Urbanna ties will be speaking about her experience and the faith that helped her and her family survive the encounter.
Elisabeth Foley, daughter of Louise and William Kerry, former residents of Urbanna, was violently attacked by a bull nose shark on June 7, 2024, while swimming off the coast of Panama City, Fla. While floating beyond the cresting waves with her husband and three teenaged children, Elisabeth noticed a huge, dark shadow beside her. The shark immediately attacked her while she was trying to swim away. She was bitten severely several times.
She called to God to please protect her family members from the shark, and asked if she could possibly be spared. “If you could spare me,” she called to God, “I will be a testimony to you.”
