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Teen girl reveals how she fought off bull shark that 'clamped down' on her hand on a Texas beach
A 19-year-old Oklahoma teenager is sharing her remarkable escape story and difficult road to recovery weeks after she was attacked by a shark at a popular Texas beach.
Damiana Humphrey, a nursing student at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University, was spending a regular summer day at the Galveston Beach on a family vacation on May 28.
She was playing in the water with her siblings and sister-in-law when suddenly her sister-in-law noticed an underwater figure approaching her.
'All of a sudden, my sister-in-law saw something in the wave and she was in the process of telling us to get out. As I was turning, that's when the shark grabbed me,' the teenager told KXII.
Damiana Humphrey was spending a regular summer day at the Galveston Beach on a family vacation when she was attacked by a bull shark
As a result of the bite, she had to undergo a surgery to repair four severed tendons
'At that point it was already on my hand and that's when I started punching it and then it swam to the front of me so it's mouth was opening and closing trying to get me,' she recounted after the attack
Humphrey recalled being face-to-face with a four to five foot bull shark sinking its teeth into her left arm.
Without realizing the pain she was in, the brave college student began to punch the predator to try to get away and save her siblings from an attack.
'At that point it was already on my hand and that's when I started punching it and then it swam to the front of me so it's mouth was opening and closing trying to get me.
'Then it came after me again and that's when we believe it clamped onto the top of my hand and that's when I started punching it again and then it swam away for good.
'I didn't even feel pain, I just looked down and there was a shark on my hand. I didn’t really have time to process that it was a shark until after it swam away.
'I already fought off the shark once so in my head I was like "ok if it came down to it I would definitely fight it again in order to keep my siblings safe". So that's my only thought process is getting my siblings to safety before I got myself to safety.'
As a result of the bite, she had to undergo a surgery to repair four severed tendons.
Without realizing the pain she was in, the brave college student began to punch the predator to try to get away and save her siblings from an attack
Bull sharks are considered dangerous due to their aggressive nature. They have a bite force of up to 5,914 newtons per kilogram of body weight - the highest among all cartilaginous fishes
While Humphrey was able to save herself from the sharp-toothed marine animal and escaped with only arm injuries, she has still not completely recovered.
A month later, she is still unable to feel or move her left wrist, hand and fingers and has been advised to seek physical therapy.
Despite her inability to use one of her arms, Humphrey is still very grateful to have survived.
'I don’t have any feeling in my hand. We don’t know if that’s gonna come back at all, which I’m totally okay with because I still have my hand.
'I know in some cases people lose limbs and stuff and I’m very grateful that I didn’t lose any of that and more so that my siblings weren’t affected by it,' she told the channel.
Bull sharks are considered dangerous to humans due to their aggressive nature and ability to migrate.
They have a bite force of up to 5,914 newtons per kilogram of body weight - the highest among all cartilaginous fishes.