A British teenager has said she is very, very lucky to have survived a crocodile attack while on holiday in Zambia. Amelie Osborn-Smith was left fighting for her life after the 10-foot reptile dragged her into a death roll(死亡漩涡) as she swam with friends in the Zambezi river near the Victoria Falls.
Her dad explained how his daughter had been resting her leg over the side of the boat. It was there that the Nile crocodile put its mouth around her leg and dragged her into the water.
Amelie said: “You don’t really think in that situation, obviously people say you see your life flash before your eyes or whatever, but you don’t. You just think ‘How do I get out of this situation?’ And you just think how to get out but I was just very, very lucky. When the accident happened I fully accepted the fact that I was going to lose my foot and I accepted that and I’d say to all my friends ‘It’s fine, I’ve lost my foot, I’m still alive’. And then I was told my foot is fine and I’m going to be able to walk again and it’s such a relief!”
The teenager, from Hampshire, was on a trip during a gap-year visit to Zambia where her grandmother owns a farm. Her grandmother, who has been sleeping at her bedside, also said: “I was so grateful that I was allowed to stay with her because she has had continued flashbacks(回忆) and terrible dreams at night. Now it is better, but the first two or three days were bad.”
Reports suggest that she was rescued by friends who hit the crocodile hard with fists before dragging her back in a boat. Brent said despite the horror of the situation, his daughter stayed calm when waiting for medical help on the boat and doctors and nurses were shocked because she didn’t even shed a tear and she was really in great luck.
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