Twins who survived crocodile attack pictured from hospital for first time

British twins who survived a killer crocodile attack in Mexico have been pictured in hospital for the first time as they spoke of their fears they would die in the horrific ordeal.

Melissa and Georgia Laurie, 28, were told it was safe to swim in a lagoon before being attacked by the predator which returned three times to drag Melissa underwater.

Now they have been pictured in hospital with a gash on Melissa’s nose the most obvious injury from the encounter.

Describing the horror Georgia told ITV News: “We saw the crocodile and we tried to swim to safety but unfortunately my sister didn’t escape that - so yeah it took her under.”

The trainee-diving instructor said: “We tried to call her name but there was no answer so I went towards my friends and tried to find my friends and then I just saw her body floating towards me.

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“I jumped into action with my rescue training and dragged her body towards me and laid her on my chest and tried to revive and she started going into a fit.

“And the crocodile came back twice - so I beat it off but the third time is when I sustained the most injuries”.

Melissa, a zookeeper, suffered deep bites to her body, legs, hands and wrists and was placed in an induced coma.

She has subsequently been brought out of the coma and is improving after developing sepsis from taking in water.

Georgia fought off the 10-foot reptile, repeatedly punching it on the nose, and dragged her sister to safety by her hair.

“When I spoke to her at the hospital, I asked her ‘what do you remember’, and she said she remembers the first crocodile attack - she remembers it dragging her underwater.

“She remembers feeling like she was going to drown, and also she said she felt like her arm was ripped off.”

Georgia added she was grateful for her friends who got help and stayed with her as Melissa recovered saying she did not spend a single night in hospital on her own.

Georgia said: “Honestly, without my friends there, I don’t think I would be in the fortunate position I’m in now, because my friends actually ran to get help.”

Melissa was left with puncture marks on her legs and abdomen, cuts to her stomach, a fractured wrist, and had water in her lungs, said Georgia.

The twins hope to continue their backpacking adventure when Melissa is well enough to leave hospital.

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