Annabelle Carlson, 15, was on a diving trip to the Lighthouse Reef near Half Moon Caye in the Gulf of Honduras with her family and a tour group when the attack occurred Tuesday morning, according to the Aspen Daily News .
Carlson, of Aspen, had taken off her diving equipment and hopped into the water for a post-excursion swim when she was bitten, the outlet said.
Annabelle Carlson, 15, was attacked by a shark during a trip to Belize. Jam Press
“Annabelle was able to fight off the attack as best as she could but was critically injured in the fight,” a GoFundMe page set up for the teen’s family stated.
The tour operators with Belize Dive Pro rescued Carlson from the water and immediately brought her to a Coast Guard base, where officials helped stabilize her, Adm. Elton Bennett of the Belize Coast Guard told ABC.
Photos from the incident showed a team of people carrying the teen to safety once they got back on land.
The tour guides were able to pull the teen from the water and raced her to safety on land. Jam Press
“We’re very saddened about it, but I want to highlight that this is something that is very rare and I don’t think this is a time to say, well, you know, we don’t want to go swimming again or something,” Belize’s Minister of the Blue Economy told the outlet.
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