Pregnant journalist Eleonora Boi bitten by shark in Puerto Rico

Eleonora Boi, six months pregnant and the wife of former NBA guard Danilo Gallinari, spoke publicly for the first time about a shark bite she suffered while swimming with her husband and their two children in waist-deep water at a resort in Puerto Rico. She and the unborn child are reported to be on track for a full recovery, and she described the incident as traumatizing while crediting a bystander who helped shield them until medical help arrived.

Boi recounted the ordeal during a televised interview, saying she initially believed the burning sensation on her thigh came from a jellyfish. “I felt a strong pain, and my thigh was burning. But my idea was maybe it is a huge jellyfish. But in the reality, it wasn’t the jellyfish,” she said. She described breaking into tears and screaming for help in Italian as Gallinari, who had been with their son nearby, rushed into the water to comfort his wife and gather the family to safety on shore. A woman who assisted by pressing a towel against the wound was singled out by Boi as an “angel” whose name she did not know, but whom she credited with providing crucial aid during the critical moments before responders arrived.