English News - Woman Saves Husband From Shark
A man attacked by a 7-foot shark lived to tell the tale –- thanks to the quick actions of his "angel" wife.
Petite Marlene Hernandez pulled her 160-pound husband out of the water and then stopped him from bleeding to death.
"She's my angel," Luis Hernandez said Friday on NBC's 'Today' show. "She saved me and I love her so much before and even more now. I'm so happy to have her as a wife. I'm the happiest man on earth right now."
The Hernandezes, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., were on a romantic getaway to the Bahamas when they decided to take a boat out on May 6. Luis, 48, was spear-fishing in the water when he was attacked by a bull shark.
"He came out of nowhere and attacked me. I didn’t see it coming," Luis told 'Today' co-anchor Meredith Vieira.
Vocabulary
shark - rekin
bleed - krwawić
blood - krew
husband - mąż
wife - żona
7-foot - 7 stóp - jednostka miary - 1 foot = 0.3048 meters
Bull sharks
The bull shark, also known as the whaler shark, Zambezi shark or unofficially known as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a shark common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers. The bull shark is well known for its unpredictable, often aggressive behavior. Many scientists agree that since bull sharks often dwell in shallow waters, they may be more dangerous to humans than any other species of shark, and that they, tiger sharks and great white sharks are the three shark species most likely to attack humans.
Unlike most other marine sharks, bull sharks tolerate fresh water. They can travel far up rivers. As a result, they are probably responsible for the majority of shark attacks on humans that take place near the shore, including many attacks attributed to other species.