BRISBANE, Australia — What was planned to be a mini fun time turned out to be a close call to life to one of these two women.
The ladies went on for a late night swim off of an Australian beach. Little did they know that the waters they are going to is a well-known crocodile habitat.
The pair, in mid-forties, were in waist-deep water at Thornton Beach in the World Heritage-listed Daintree National Park in Queensland state when one of them was taken by the crocodile at 10:30 p.m. (local time Sunday), Police Senior Constable Russell Parker confirmed.
“Her 47-year-old friend tried to grab her and drag her to safety but she just wasn’t able to do that,” Parker told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Efforts have been made by the authorities to pull off a rescue, deploying a helicopter fitted with thermal imaging equipment, but to no avail.
Search and rescue operations resumed on Monday, this time with a boat and land-based search items. Eventually, the woman was found.
The survivor suffered shock and graze to her arm as the crocodile brushed against her, Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman Neil Noble said.
“The report that we have from the surviving woman is that they felt a nudge and her partner started to scream and then was dragged into the water,” Noble told ABC.
This is not the first time the said water spot had seen crocodile-related attacks.
In 2009, a 5-year-old boy was taken and killed by a 4.3-metre (14-foot) croc from a swamp just near the incident. In 1985, a 43-year-old woman was killed by a 5-meter (16-foot) croc while swimming in a creek.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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