'He came from below, and it was just like a truck hit me,' says Heidi Ernst, whose leg was amputated after the attackHeidi Ernst, an experienced scuba diver who recently survived a shark attack in The Bahamas, is now recovering.
The 73-year-old woman was airlifted to a Miami hospital. She had injuries so severe that her leg was amputated.College student helps save own leg after near-deadly shark attack, hopes to become doctor Ernst, an experienced scuba diver, had just finished her dive in Grand Bahama last week, and was climbing up the boat ladder.'It wouldn't leave me alone': 13-year-old girl speaks out after fighting off shark attack
"I could have easily bled to death had it not been for my friend, who put the tourniquet on my leg," Ernst said.
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