Washington - A woman attacked by a shark off North Carolina's Outer Banks and whose boyfriend was mauled to death is recovering, a surgeon said yesterday.
Ms Natalia Slobonskaya (23) was breathing without the help of a ventilator tube and her wounds could be surgically closed soon, he said.
The attacks late on Monday on Ms Slobonskaya and Mr Sergi Zaloukaev, both Russian nationals who lived outside Washington, were the latest in a series of shark maulings on the East Coast this summer.