Brit mauled by SHARK watched ‘blood pour everywhere’ & thought she was going to die in horror holiday attack

A HOLIDAYMAKER was forced to fly home for emergency surgery after she was bitten by a shark.

Rachel Smith, 26, was paddling in hip-height water off Rose Hall beach, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, when the sea creature snapped at her left hand.

Woman in hospital gown with blood stains, holding her head.
Rachel Smith, 26, was paddling when the horror attack unfoldedCredit: SWNS
Severely injured hand with a deep wound on the ring finger.
Rachel Smith’s shark bite on her left handCredit: SWNS
Two sisters in white dresses sitting on a wall by a pool.
Rachel Smith and Lisa Smith during their holidayCredit: SWNS

She was terrified to see her ring finger was hanging off and blood was pouring from the wound.

A 28-year-old woman named Sister Lisa Smith spotted a shark measuring one meter swimming away. She quickly guided Rachel to safety and alerted other beachgoers who were enjoying a morning swim.

Pharmacologist Rachel was taken to hospital in an ambulance and medics said she needed plastic surgery.

But with no surgeon available for two weeks, the pair cut their holiday short and flew to Cork, Ireland, where their parents live.

Medical professionals later verified that the tendons and nerves in Rachel’s ring and little fingers were torn, and the ligaments in her ring finger were also severed.

She had emergency surgery and hopes to regain full movement in 18 months time.

Lisa, a procurement specialist, and Rachel, both from Newham, London, said they have suffered with nightmares since the attack on May 8.

Rachel said: “There was so much blood coming out I honestly thought I was going to die.

“I was in complete shock. My whole hand went numb so I thought my whole hand had been taken off.

“I feel grateful to be alive and so grateful to have my hand.

“I have a long road of recovery ahead but I have a positive attitude and I believe I will get through it.”

Lisa added: “We were so terrified.

“I honestly thought her fingers were gone – there was blood everywhere.

“At one point a vein burst and sprayed blood all over both of us.

“We were just crying and thinking she was going to die.”

The close sisters holiday together each year and had arrived at the Hilton Rose hotel on May 5, intending to stay for two weeks.

She was attacked around 10am, and say the shark knocked them both backwards after hitting them with its body.

The sisters say the flag on the beach was raised indicating it was safe to swim and doctors confirmed the bite was likely to belong to a reef shark.

Initially, the two women were brought to a private medical facility where they were requested to provide $2,000 for stitching up the wounds. Additionally, they were given a price estimate of $25,000 for any necessary future surgical procedures.

The transferred to a public hospital before heading home for surgery at Cork University Hospital.

The sisters had to pay for ambulance and taxi travel to hospitals in Jamaica, and to get a ‘fit to fly’ certificate to come home – totalling nearly $500.

Rachel said: “I really did think I would die. The private hospital were only concerned with getting the payment before stopping the bleeding.”

Lisa said Rachel was bitten inside an area cordoned off as safe to swim inside, near the beach, by a rope.

“There were two young kids swimming by the rope, it’s lucky it wasn’t them,” she said.

“I’m just so glad and grateful that she’s alive.”

Severely injured hand with a deep wound to the ring finger.
She had emergency surgery and hopes to regain full movement in 18 months timeCredit: SWNS
Two women in evening wear stand by a resort pool at night.
Rachel Smith and Lisa Smith on holiday before the nightmare attackCredit: SWNS
Beach scene with a yellow flag, calm water, and palm trees.
The beach where Rachel Smith’s shark bite happenedCredit: SWNS
Woman's arm in a cast after a shark bite.
Rachel Smith’s shark bite hand after being treatedCredit: SWNS
Two women on a balcony overlooking the ocean.
Rachel Smith was paddling in hip-height water off Rose Hall beach, in Montego Bay when the attack happenedCredit: SWNS
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