A tourist visiting the Caribbean had to be flown to a hospital after being attacked while trying to “engage” with a shark, according to investigators. It happened Friday, Feb. 7, off a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands, 600 miles southeast of Miami, and the woman is expected to survive. Her identity has not been released.

Two American tourists in the Bahamas have been injured in an apparent shark attack. In a press release shared by the Royal Bahamas Police Force on Saturday, Feb. 8, the department said they were investigating “an alleged shark attack” involving two American women.

Two American women suffered injuries in a rare Bahamas shark attack.The tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay, a popular resort, when the incident happened early Friday evening, Feb. 7, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

It destroyed my leg basically. It severed my Achilles. My artery is severed, my nerve is severed,” one of the victims told CNN.

Two American women suffered injuries in an apparent shark attack in the Bahamas, local authorities said. The incident is under investigation.