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   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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   © 2018 Cox Media Group. ||||| She said that the shark held on to her for a few minutes before completely severing part of her limb, but that she survived after being given "supernatural God-given strength" and her husband jumped into the water to help. ||||| Hey Everyone.. 
   
   
   
   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 
   
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target: – 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.