By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORT NEWS EDITOR
Published: 13:53 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 13:57 EDT, 14 August 2025
The pregnant wife of former NBA star Danilo Gallinari is speaking out after surviving a horrific shark attack in Puerto Rico.
'I have to say, I'm traumatized,' Eleonora Boi told ABC's 'Good Morning America.'
Boi, who was sixth months pregnant at the time, was swimming in waist-deep water with the couple's two young children when the attack took place.
'I felt a strong pain, and my thigh was burning, but my idea was, 'Maybe it's a huge jellyfish,' she said. 'But in the reality, it wasn't a jellyfish.'
The pain quickly turned to panic.
'I started crying and screaming and I was screaming for help in Italian,' she continued.
Meanwhile, Gallinari witnessed the attack and came rushing in to save his wife, pulling her to safety on the beach before a woman helped put pressure on Boi's wound with a clean towel.
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Boi was sixth months pregnant when she was attacked by a shark off a Puerto Rican beach
Boi already has two young children with Gallinari, who now plays pro in Puerto Rico