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A heroic act: Spanish Fork man recounts rescuing woman from water during tragic shark attack
Chris Carroll did not realize it was a shark attack at first. The Spanish Fork resident was on vacation with his wife on Jan. 8 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, sitting on his hotel balcony when he heard commotion coming from the beach below. He rushed down the stairs and ran toward the shore when he suddenly heard high-pitched screaming — telling him something was seriously wrong. Carroll, a registered nurse and director of surgical services at Lehi's Holy Cross Hospital-Mountain Point, noticed a woman about 50 yards offshore struggling to stay afloat. As people rushed out of ...
