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The pregnant wife of former NBA star Danilo Gallinari talked about the traumatizing shark bite she received while swimming in Puerto Rico late last month.
Eleonora Boi, who was six months pregnant at the time and previously described the moment the “worst day” of her life, appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday to talk about the incident.
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Danilo Gallinari and Eleonora Boi on November 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. (TM/BAUER-GRIFFIN/GC images)
“I have to say that I am traumatized,” she said. “I started crying and screaming, and I scream for help in Italian.”
She remembered to feel a “strong pain” and a burning sensation on the thigh. She said she thought it was a jellyfish at first before she came to the realization that it was a shark.
“Oh, my God, I said, ‘I don’t want to die,’ and ‘I want my baby to be safe,'” Boi said. “And I cried. I was desperate, really desperate.”
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Eleonora Boi, Left, and her mother participate in “Quelli Che Il Calcio” TV show on May 11, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Vincenzo Lombardo/Getty Images)
Gallinari said he heard his wife scream and ran against her and his daughter in the water. The two credited another woman to help put pressure on the wound before helping finally arrived.
She added that the moment was not easy to talk about before, and she remembers being “so scared” when the attack happened.
Boi expects his third child with Gallinari. The two married in 2022.
Gallinari, also from Italy, played in the NBA from 2008 to 2024 with eight different teams during his career. He average 14.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in 777 career games.
Danilo Gallinari from Bucks during the Charlotte Hornets game at the Fiserv Forum on February 27, 2024 in Milwaukee. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Boi is reportedly expected to make a full recovery.
