Knowing that she was the only chance for her sister to survive, a 27-year-old British woman didn’t think twice before punching a crocodile several times to save her twin from the monster in a lagoon in Mexico.
GEORGIA Laurie saved her twin sister Melissa last week by punching an attacking crocodile in a Mexican lagoon.
Georgia, 27, dragged her sister out of the water while punching the crocodile many times at a lagoon in Puerto Escondido last June 6.
Melissa suffered major injuries but came out of a medically induced coma on Thursday.
The Laurie sisters were volunteering in animal sanctuaries in the area and had decided to join friends on a riverboat tour in the Manialtepec Lagoon when the incident happened, according to the BBC.
The group had just jumped into the lagoon to cool off when Melissa was suddenly tugged underwater.
Georgia, who heard her sister scream out, immediately jumped into action, pulling her sister from the water while repeatedly punching the persistent crocodile in the nose.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group called for help.
"It was fight or flight and you have to fight for the people you love," Georgia told the BBC.
The twin's eldest sister Hanna said that Georgia was an experienced scuba diver and had gone through water rescue training.
Georgia endured minor wounds to her hands while her sister suffered life-threatening injuries to her face, torso, and leg and had to be placed in a medically induced coma (and later developed sepsis).
"When they told me her condition was deteriorating, I had to let the family know," Georgia told the BBC.
Thankfully, Melissa emerged from the coma on Thursday and has been looking "stronger," according to her sister.
"We are all so happy," she added.
The rest of the family has not traveled to Mexico due to Covid-19 restrictions but is in contact with the British Embassy.
Hanna said the tour guide the sisters booked through their hostel was found to be unregistered and had a reputation for taking tourists to dangerous locations for swimming.
"He's gone to where the crocodiles live and not the location where all legal certified sanctioned tours take place," she wrote on the GoFundMe page.
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