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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.
image copyrightHana Laurie
image captionGeorgia (right) saved Melissa from the jaws of a crocodile