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The pregnant wife of the former NBA star, Danilo Gallinari, spoke of the traumatic shark bite she received by swimming in Puerto Rico at the end of last month.
Eleonora Boi, who was six months pregnant at the time and previously described the moment as the “worst day” of his life, appeared on Thursday on “Good Morning America” to talk about the incident.
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Danilo Gallinari and Eleonora Boi on November 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Images TM / Bauer-Griffin / GC)
“I must say that I am traumatized,” she said. “I started crying and screaming, and I was crying for Italian.”
She remembers feeling a “strong pain” and a burning sensation on her thigh. She said she thought she was a jellyfish at first before realizing that he was a shark.
“Oh, my God, I said:” I don’t want to die “and” I want my baby to be safe “,” said Boi. “And I was crying. I was desperate, really desperate.”
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Eleonora Boi, on the left, and her mother attend the television show “Cesli che il Calcio” on May 11, 2014, in Milan, Italy. (Vincenzo Lombardo / Getty Images)
Gallinari said he heard his wife screaming and ran towards her and her daughter in the water. The two credited another woman for helping to put pressure on the injury before the aid arrived.
She added that the moment was not easy to speak before and she remembers being “so frightened” when the attack occurred.
BOI awaits his third child with Gallinari. The two were married in 2022.
Gallinari, who is also from Italy, played in the NBA from 2008 to 2024 with eight different teams during his career. He collected an average of 14.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in 777 career games.
Danilo Gallinari des Bucks during the Charlotte Hornets match at the Fiserv Forum on February 27, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)
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