A backpacking trip in Mexico ended in harm for identical twin sisters Georgia and Melissa Laurie after a crocodile attacked Melissa while swimming in a lagoon.
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image captionGeorgia and Melissa were swimming in a lagoon in Mexico when the crocodile attacked
A British woman attacked by a crocodile in Mexico is out of her coma and breathing independently, her twin has said.
Melissa Laurie, 28, developed sepsis from her wounds following the attack in a lagoon near Puerto Escondido and has been in a medically-induced coma.
Her twin Georgia saved her by punching the reptile in the face. She s doing really much better. She s doing really good, Georgia told Radio 1 Newsbeat in a WhatsApp voice note.
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image captionGeorgia (right) saved Melissa from the jaws of a crocodile
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A British woman who was bitten by a crocodile in Mexico is out of her coma and is able to breathe without medical assistance, her twin has said. Melissa and Georgia Laurie, both 28, from Sandhurst, were swimming in the day time in a lagoon in Mexico, around 10 miles from Puerto Escondido, when Melissa was attacked by a crocodile. Georgia saved Melissa by punching the crocodile in the face when it attacked her sister three times. Both of the twins were taken to hospital in Mexico, where Melissa had been placed in an induced coma and has developed sepsis as a result of her injuries.