Man weds his fiancée days after saving her from crocodile
A BRITISH man has described the moment he fought to save his fiancée as her arm was bitten off by a crocodile, five days before they got married.
Jamie Fox, 27, wed Zenele Ndlovu, 25, in a Zimbabwean hospital. “In one week we went from shock and agony to a truly amazing experience,” he said.
The couple were canoeing last week in an inflatable boat on the Zambezi, one of Africa’s longest rivers, when they were attacked by a crocodile. Mr Fox pulled Ms Ndlovu, a former national tennis player, out of the water and applied a makeshift tourniquet, but she had lost so much blood it was feared she may die from the wound.
“I was shouting, trying to save her,” he said. “She was not complaining of pain when we pulled her out of the water, maybe because of the shock. We were hoping the doctors would save her arm but that was not to be.”
Miss Ndlovu was taken to Mater Dei hospital in Bulawayo but lost her right arm and suffered injuries to her left hand. Five days later, they married in the hospital chapel.
“We were glad we still had our lives and managed to keep our wedding date, although we had to do with a much smaller venue,” Mr Fox added. He said the wedding was “incredible”. Miss Ndlovu was discharged from the hospital on Monday.