Horror as shark rips off piece of wife's leg as water turns red with blood
Luke Bruns rushed to save his wife Lindsay after she jumped off their boat while on vacation in Florida and he heard a splash too strong to be done by itself
Lindsay Bruns suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked by a shark in Florida (
Image: GoFundMe)
A man jumped into the ocean to save his wife after a shark ripped off a piece of her leg in Florida.
Luke Bruns dived from their boat into the sea after Lindsay Bruns was attacked by the predator and left with a serious injury that ran from the top of her hip to above her knee.
The 35-year-old mother of two from Texas was on a break in the Florida Keys with her partner and two daughters, aged five and seven, when the chilling incident happened on June 29.
She was taken to hospital, where doctors are battling to save her leg, reports the Daily Star.
"All things considered, she's doing great," Luke said. "The trauma team is hoping for a full recovery," he added of Lindsay, who underwent 11 blood transfusions and three surgeries.
Picture:
Getty Images/Image source)“They rebuilt all of his muscles and tissues on his leg,” Luke said. “We are now waiting to see if all of this survives. So far so good.“
The mother jumped several times from the upper platform of the boat into the water.
Then she did a flip but afterwards Luke heard a splash that was too big for her to do and rushed over to check it.
He was greeted by blood in the water and his wife emerging from the depths and crying out for help.
Luke heroically jumped aboard and helped her up the boat ladder and onto the pontoon. "He saw the large wound on his right leg, consistent with a shark attack," said a report.
Reports suggest the victim had blood gushing from his leg, and Luke used a rope to create a makeshift tourniquet to try and stop the bleeding.
"It appeared to be from a jagged impact, and there were puncture marks on his thigh, consistent with a shark attack," ...
Luke Bruns rushed to save his wife Lindsay after she jumped off their boat while on vacation in Florida and he heard a splash too strong to be done by itself
Lindsay Bruns suffered serious leg injuries after being attacked by a shark in Florida (
Image: GoFundMe)
A man jumped into the ocean to save his wife after a shark ripped off a piece of her leg in Florida.
Luke Bruns dived from their boat into the sea after Lindsay Bruns was attacked by the predator and left with a serious injury that ran from the top of her hip to above her knee.
The 35-year-old mother of two from Texas was on a break in the Florida Keys with her partner and two daughters, aged five and seven, when the chilling incident happened on June 29.
She was taken to hospital, where doctors are battling to save her leg, reports the Daily Star.
"All things considered, she's doing great," Luke said. "The trauma team is hoping for a full recovery," he added of Lindsay, who underwent 11 blood transfusions and three surgeries.
Picture:
Getty Images/Image source)“They rebuilt all of his muscles and tissues on his leg,” Luke said. “We are now waiting to see if all of this survives. So far so good.“
The mother jumped several times from the upper platform of the boat into the water.
Then she did a flip but afterwards Luke heard a splash that was too big for her to do and rushed over to check it.
He was greeted by blood in the water and his wife emerging from the depths and crying out for help.
Luke heroically jumped aboard and helped her up the boat ladder and onto the pontoon. "He saw the large wound on his right leg, consistent with a shark attack," said a report.
Reports suggest the victim had blood gushing from his leg, and Luke used a rope to create a makeshift tourniquet to try and stop the bleeding.
"It appeared to be from a jagged impact, and there were puncture marks on his thigh, consistent with a shark attack," ...
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