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The pregnant wife of the former NBA star, Danilo Gallinari, spoke about the traumatizing shark bite she received while swimming in Puerto Rico at the end of last month.
Eleonora Boi, who had six months pregnant at that time and previously described the moment as the “worst day” of his life, appeared in “Good Morning America” on Thursday 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 have to say that I am traumatized,” he said. “I started crying and screaming, and I was shouting for help in Italian.”
He remembered having felt a “strong pain” and a burning sensation in his thigh. She said she thought she was a jellyfish at the beginning before she realized that she was a shark.
“Oh my God, I was saying: ‘I don’t want to die’ and ‘I want my baby to be safe,” Boi said. “And I was crying. I was desperate, really desperate.”
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Eleonora Boi, left, and her mother attend the television program “Quelli Che Il Calcio” on May 11, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Vincenzo Lombardo/Getty images)
Gallinari said he listened to his wife to shout and ran towards her and her daughter in the water. The two accredited another woman for helping to press the wound before the aid finally arrived.
He added that the moment was not easy to speak before and remember to be “so scared” when the attack occurred.
Boi awaits his third son with Gallinari. The two 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 averaged 14.9 points and 4.7 rebounds in 777 race games.
Danilo Gallinari of the Bucks during the Charlotte Hornets game at the FISVer forum on February 27, 2024 in Milwaukee. (Patrick McDermott/Getty images)
According to reports, Boi is expected to recover completely.
