0 Concord mother attacked by shark: 'He had my whole arm in his mouth' 
 
 CONCORD, N.C. - A mother of three in Concord is now a shark attack survivor, and she said she hopes her story will inspire others. 
 
 “I’ll have another chance,” Tiffany Johnson said. “I’m just so thankful. I’m thankful to be here.” 
 
 Tiffany and her husband James were on the last stop of a cruise last week in the Bahamas when they decided to go snorkeling in a shallow reef. Tiffany said she felt a bump from behind. 
 
 
 
 (Photo courtesy: Tiffany and James Johnson) 
 
 “I wasn’t in pain, it just felt like I had bumped into something so I just casually turned to my right to look to see and that’s when I was face to face with the shark,” Tiffany said. “He had my whole arm in his mouth and he was just floating there, just staring at me.” 
 
 Tiffany said she tried to pull her arm out, but the shark clamped down and they struggled for a couple of minutes before she got away. 
 
 “I kept trying to yank my hand back and the last time I yanked he had cut it clean off so I was able to actually get free,” Tiffany said. 
 
 James heard her screams and jumped in to help. Meanwhile, Tiffany said she was already praying. 
 
 “I felt this tangible peace on me and it was so thick, that I was just calm,” Tiffany said. 
 
 Doctors in the Bahamas were able to stop the bleeding, but issues with passports and customs had the Johnson’s stuck in the Bahamas. 
 
 A Medevac flight to Carolinas Medical Center would cost $16,000 out of pocket. But with no guarantees insurance would pay for it, the Medevac company called and agreed to pick up the cost. 
 
 “He hung up the phone and we just started weeping,” said the Johnsons. 
 
 “I’m thankful to be able to share this story and I hope, and I know, that it’s going to change people’s lives because you can’t hear this story and not see God in it,” Tiffany said. 
 
 Tiffany will have another surgery Friday to prepare the arm for a prosthetic. 
 
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 For those who may not know, JJ and Tiffany Johnson were recently on a Caribbean Cruise at the end of May, beginning of June. 
 
 
 
 On Friday, June 2nd, they were on a snorkeling excursion in the Bahamas where Tiffany was attacked by a shark. This incident proceeded with the loss of her hand and part of her arm. 
 
 
 
 We serve a Big God and He has been working in and through Tiffany and JJ during this unfathomable accident. 
 
 
 
 During this time they have been flown from Nassau back to The States where Tiffany has undergone multiple surgeries and has been assessed by a prostethic team in her local area. 
 
 
 
 Doctor's continue to provide overexceedingly good reports--highly favored by God! 
 
 
 
 This is a time of transition for The Johnson Family so I encourage you to take this opporunity and lift them up in prayer, and if able financially bless them--this will contribute to relieve some of their medical expenses. 
 
 
 
 "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful" 
 
 Hebrews 10:23 
 
 Share Tweet 3.2k shares on Facebook shares on Facebook ||||| SINKHOLE HAS EVACUATED TWO HOUSES. GOOD EVENING, I'M ERIK VON ANCKEN. WE START WITH THE SHARK BITE. THE VICTIM'S MOTHER DESCRIBES HOW THE WOMAN FOUGHT BACK AND ALMOST LOST PART OF HER LEG. NEWS 6 TROY CAMPBELL IS LIVE AT THE HOSPITAL IN MELBOURNE. TROY, WHAT DID HER MOM SAY? Reporter: HER FAMILY SAYS SHE'S IN GOOD SPIRITS THEY'VE IDENTIFIED HER SAYING THAT SHE JUST ARRIVED IN TOWN YESTERDAY FROM COLORADO WAS HERE FOR A FAMILY VACATION THEY THEY HAD PLANNED FOR OVER A YEAR THEY SHOWED UP AT THE BEACH TODAY MOMENTS LATER THAT IS WHEN THE SHARK GRABBED A HOLD OF HER LEG. WE KNEW IT HAD TO BE A SHARK. YOU JUST THINK IT'S REAL BUT IT REALLY HAPPENS BECAUSE WE WERE THERE 10 MINUTES. Reporter: WANDA SAID HER FAMILY JUST ARRIVED AT COCOA BEACH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE A SHARK RUBBING ON TO HER DAUGHTERS LIKE. I WAS HEADED BACK DOWN TO THE WATER AND HOLLY AND TERRY WERE HELPING JILL OUT OF THE WATER, JUST COVERED THE WOUND AND GUY HAD TO GET TOWELS UNTIL THE PARAMEDICS GOT THERE. Reporter: HER DAUGHTER, PUNCHED THE SHARK AND HER OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE THERE TO PULL HER TO SAFETY. THESE IMAGES SHOW HER FAMILY PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE WOUND. I TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT RIP CURRENT AND SAID NOW, THIS IS Ã FORGOT TO TELL THEM ABOUT SHARKS. Reporter: JILL WAS TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE. SHE IS ONE TOUGH COOKIE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIVE TO SAY THAT. Reporter: THE FAMILY COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS OF THEIR FAMILY VACATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED A LOT WORSE. SHE IS JUST HURTING AND SHE'S GOING ÃIT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR HER TO HEAL. WE ARE JUST SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER. Reporter: THAT VICTIM 28-YEAR-OLD JILL CRUISING IN TOWN FROM COLORADO AND JOINED HER FAMILY VACATION ONLY ARRIVING INTO TOWN YESTERDAY. LATE THIS EVENING SHE DID RECEIVE STITCHES ON THE HAND SHE USED TO FIGHT THE SHARK UP ST. TOMORROW DOCTORS WILL DECIDE WHEN TO DO SURGERY ON HER CALF. Anchor: WHERE THEY WERE WAS ONE OF THE QUIETER SPOTS ON COCOA BEACH. DID THEY SAY HOW THEY ENDED UP THERE SINCE YOU POINTED OUT THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN? Reporter: WE MADE SURE TO ASK THAT. THAT IS AN AREA ÃHOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT AREA? THEY DID THEY PUNCHED IN TO THEIR GPS COCOA BEACH SAYING THAT IS EXACTLY WHETHER GPS BROUGHT THEM TO THAT ACCESS 
 
 COCOA BEACH, Fla. - 
 
 A 28-year-old woman is recovering after being bitten on the leg by a shark as she waded in the Atlantic Ocean off Cocoa Beach. 
 
 The family of Jill Kruse told News 6 that she is in great spirits after the Sunday attack. 
 
 Jill Kruse's mother, Wanda Kruse, said her daughter arrived in Florida from Colorado on Saturday for a family vacation. 
 
 "We knew it had to be a shark," said Wanda Kruse. "You know, you just don't think it's real, that it really happens, because we were there 10 minutes." 
 
 Wanda Kruse said the family was at the 11th Street beach access and had only been there for a short time when the shark grabbed hold of her daughter's leg. 
 
 "I just covered the wound. The guy, I had him get towels. We wrapped it with towels until the paramedics got there," said Wanda Kruse. 
 
 Wanda Kruse said her daughter punched the shark in an attempt to get away, adding that the shark had a tough grip on her leg. Officials haven't determined what kind of shark bit her. 
 
 "I told everybody about rip currents, warned them about rip currents," Wanda Kruse said. "(I) forgot to tell them about sharks." 
 
 She said the family is counting their blessings after an incident that could have been a lot worse. 
 
 "She's just hurting and, you know, she's going to heal. It's going to take a while to heal, but we are just so blessed to have her," said Wanda Kruse. 
 
 Jill Kruse received stitches on her hand for her wounds from punching the shark. Her family said on Monday doctors will decide what type of surgery to conduct on her calf, which was described as a serious injury.
– While snorkeling on vacation in the Bahamas, a North Carolina woman survived a terrifying ordeal when she encountered the one creature most swimmers never hope to see up close: a shark. Tiffany Johnson, 32, was snorkeling with her husband, reports the NY Daily News, when she felt something bump her from behind. When she turned around, she saw what is believed to be a tiger shark, which promptly clamped onto her limb, biting off part of the mother of three’s arm. “He had my whole arm in his mouth, and he was just floating there staring at me,” she says in an interview with WSOC. Her husband jumped into the water to help after hearing her screams. "I kept trying to yank my hand back and the last time I yanked he had cut it clean off so I was able to actually get free," she says of the June 2 ordeal. A GoFundMe page has raised more than $18,000 to help with Johnson's medical expenses.