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Peller Marion, 63, of Marin County, was snorkeling Monday at Keawakapu Beach when she was attacked.

She told reporters she felt a tug on her right leg followed by a sharp pain. Marion said she turned around and saw a shark biting her leg.

After a moment of shock, Marion said she managed to swim 25 yards to shore.

Amon Aquarian helped rescue Marion, reported NBC 7/39's sister station in Honolulu. Other people at the beach came to Marion's aid, applying a tourniquet to the bleeding, mangled foot.

"Her foot was gashed open, one end to the other, long ways and the side of her leg was gashed open. It was alarming and shocking to see the gash and she held herself so well, her emotional body was so stable," said Aquarian.

"It sort of looked like a slab of steak cut to the bone. That's how it looked on the front and on the calf," Marion told the Marin Independent Journal.

Doctors at Maui Memorial Hospital operated on Marion and she is recovering with a cast on her leg.

Copyright 2007 by NBCSandiego.com

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