Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.

Two young women from Central Florida are lucky to be alive after they were attacked by bull sharks while on vacation. The two girls, Summer Layman and Rileigh Decker, are from Melbourne.