WOMAN BITTEN BY SHARK THE FIRST TIME SHE SETS FOOT IN THE OCEAN

In Florida, a woman was attacked by shark within minutes of wading into the ocean for the first time in her life. Jill Kruse, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who was vacationing with her family at Cocoa Beach, hadn’t been in the water 10 minutes when she felt something grab her leg followed by a sharp pain. A shark had clamped on her leg. Somehow she pulled the fish off. Bleeding profusely, she tried to stand up, but couldn’t. She screamed for help. Someone dragged her to shore. When Kruse looked at her leg, she was horrified – her calf was ripped away from the bone so the muscle was hanging there. Kruse was taken to a hospital for surgery. Doctors were able to save the leg, but she still faces months of physical therapy. According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, the chance of being attacked by a shark is one in 11.5 million. The odds of being attacked during your first time in the water have to be astronomical. Will Kruse ever swim in the ocean again? “I think I will probably go back in the water, but it will be a while. What are the chances of being bit twice, right?” she said.
* Then the lightning bolt struck.
* Quick, lady, buy a lottery ticket.
* And you might want to consider a suit of armor.
* Are you kidding? I wouldn’t even go in a swimming pool after that.
* I guess they don’t have many sharks in Colorado Springs.
* Are there more of these shark attacks? I remember a couple off Hawaii just this last few months.
* Correction: One of the bites in Hawaii was an eel.
* Then again, if something is sinking its teeth into you, at some point it doesn’t matter what it is. You just want it to stop.
* So other than that, how’s she enjoying her vacation?