Teen girl loses leg in horrifying shark attack

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - A teenage girl had her leg bitten off by a tiger shark in a horrifying scene. 

This occurred one day after an 11-year-old boy endured a similar shark attack at another beach just a few miles away. 

Disturbing video of the incident shows 19-year-old Marcela Vitoria de Lima Santos being dragged to shore by a lifeguard and bystanders after she was bitten by a shark in an incident eerily resembling footage captured at the nearby beach during the shark mauling a day earlier. 

Once on shore, an off-duty doctor rushed to her side and tied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding on her badly bitten leg before she was rushed to Hospital da Restauracao, a move hospital director Petrus de Andrade Lima said saved her life. 

“For patients who are experiencing such severe hemorrhages where there is an imminent risk to life, we have to stop the bleeding, and in the case of limbs, especially amputated limbs like hers, the tourniquet saves lives.” 

Lima said the badly injured woman’s leg was amputated at the thigh.