A shark attack in the Bahamas claimed the arm of a mother of three who was snorkeling with her husband when the attack occurred.
A shark attack in the Bahamas claimed the arm of a mother of three who was snorkeling with her husband when the attack occurred.
Tiffany Johnson, 32, of Concord, North Carolina, was on the last stop of a cruise exploring the shallow reef on Athol Island when the shark bit her.
“It just felt like I had bumped into something, so I just casually turned to my right to look … my whole arm in its mouth, just floating there, ” she said, according to WTVD-TV .
She struggled with the shark for several minutes.
“I kept trying to yank my hand back and the last time I yanked he had cut it clean off so I was able to actually get free, ” Johnson said, according to WSOC-TV .
Johnson said she wasn’t in pain and felt a “tangible peace, ” according to the station. Doctors in the Bahamas saved her life, and a Medevac company flew her to Carolinas Medical Center, after customs and passport issues kept her stuck in the Bahamas.
“I’m thankful to be able to share this story and I hope, and I know, that it’s going to change people’s lives because you can’ t hear this story and not see God in it, ” Johnson said, according to WSOC-TV.
Johnson’s husband, J. Johnson, was in the boat when the attack occurred.
“I looked over there and I just saw blood all over in the water, all around her, ” he said, according to WBTV . “She’s saying, ‘help me, help me, Jesus, ‘ and she’s praying as she’s swimming back.”
“It’s by the grace of God she’s alive, ” he added.
