A quick-thinking British woman who saved her twin sister from being mauled to death by a crocodile in Mexico has spoken out about the ordeal.
Melissa and Georgia Laurie, 28, were swimming in a lagoon near Puerto Escondido when the former was grabbed by a crocodile, pulled underwater and savagely attacked.
Georgie Laurie recalled the moment the crocodile attacked her sister, saying the croc was "moving quick".
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"I saw it coming towards us but they move very silently. They look like they're moving slowly but they're moving quick," she told the BBC.
"I saw her getting taken underneath the water, and my worst fear became a reality, I thought we've probably lost her, that she's dead.
"I heard her scream and I saw her being taken underneath by the crocodile. The adrenaline kicked in and I saw her body floating and I thought at the moment honestly that she was no longer with us."
Ms Laurie said she pulled her sister from the water and tried to revive her, but the then crocodile came back for more.
"I grabbed her body and pulled her toward me and she was blue, I tried to revive her but then the crocodile came along and I beat it off," she said.
"That's when I sustained the most injuries because it grabbed her on the leg and her behind and tried to death roll her and drag her away.
"So I was beating it on its snout and it grabbed my wrist and arm and I had to beat it off with my other arm."
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But Ms Laurie said she doesn't consider herself a hero, despite undoubtedly saving her sister's life.
"It's hard to believe compliments yourself, because it feels surreal, it doesn't feel like it actually happened to me. It's taken a while to process."
After 12 days in hospital, many of which were spent in an induced coma, Melissa Laurie has finally been released.
The twins have since been reunited with their parents.
