More Than A Year After Her Tragedy, Lulu Gribbin Inspires Us With Her Sense Of Hope, Purpose, And Advocacy

More Than A Year After Her Tragedy, Lulu Gribbin Inspires Us With Her Sense Of Hope, Purpose, And Advocacy

The Mountain Brook, Alabama, teenager is our 2025 Southerner of the Year. Photograph: Cary Norton; Styling: Celine RussellWhen a bull shark bit 15-year-old Lulu it was cleaving her left arm and her right leg—but she did not feel any pain.“I remember just thinking that the  whole thing was a movie,” Lulu says now, a year and a half after the attack. Certain details still stay crisp: awakening amid a gaggle of onlookers and staring down at the str…