We had seen all these nurse sharks swimming around the marina and I had already known, because I’ve surfed my whole life [ that nurse sharks are relatively harmless ] … I thought it was safe and I saw kids snorkeling, and against my boyfriend’s family’s wishes I thought it would be fine.

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All of a sudden it felt like 15 people were squeezing on my wrist really, really, really hard, next thing I knew I was underwater and I felt this, and the adrenaline just kicked in.

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It seemed safe and I'd seen all these photos so I totally thought it was okay.

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Katarina Zarutskie was able to quickly rip Katarina Zarutskie arm out of the shark’s mouth and cover the wound to prevent blood from getting to the other sharks lurking around. The 19-year-old said it's been a journey treating the wound to have it heal completely. ( Katarina Zarutskie) If [ the shark ] would have got my hand in a different way, I probably wouldn't have been able to get my hand out.

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