A North Texas woman is sharing her story after being attacked by a shark on July 4th at South Padre Island beach.
Video showed Tabatha Sullivent pulled from the water with part of her leg missing as the shark that attacked her circled nearby.one of four people who officials say encountered the same 6-foot-long shark on July 4.
"I just thought it was a big fish, so I went to kick it away. And at that point, that's when it bit me. And had I not pulled my legs up, it probably would've got my torso or something else,” she said."I lost my left calf. I have movement in my toes and circulation in my foot. I probably won't have full mobility when I'm put back together and will not have the same leg I had before. But, I'm alive.
Jud was also visiting Padre from North Texas. He was one of several beach-goers who crowded around Sullivent trying to help. “The whole time that was happening, the shark was just circling right there in the front. I mean, we could just see as plain as day the big shark with the tail and the dorsal fin were hanging out of the water, and it was just circling there as she was being taken away,” he said.Sullivent credits her husband for saving her life.She now waits to see just how long her road to recovery will be.
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