Layman and Rileigh Decker, both in their 20s, had jumped into the ocean off their friend's yacht when the attack took place.

An American tourist thought she was “going to die” after a shark attacked her and her friend as they went swimming in a terrifying incident during their Bahamas vacation — and both have no plans to return to the water anytime soon.

What was meant to be a carefree weekend getaway turned into a harrowing ordeal for two young women from Melbourne, Florida, after they were attacked by bull sharks while vacationing in Bimini Bay, Bahamas.

Two American tourists were injured, one seriously, in a shark attack while swimming in the Bimini island chain in the Bahamas last week.

It destroyed my leg basically. It severed my Achilles. My artery is severed, my nerve is severed,” one of the victims told CNN.

Two friends recounted the unexpected moment they both were bitten by a shark while vacationing in the Bahamas, as they recover from their injuries back home in the United States.

Two American women are recovering after they say they were attacked by a shark while swimming in The Bahamas. The reported attack occurred on Friday around 6:30 p.m. in the waters of Bimini Bay, where authorities are investigating,

A dream vacation in the Bahamas for two young American tourists turned into a nightmare when they jumped into the sparkling blue water hand-in-hand and mere minutes later were attacked by a shark.

On their first day of a vacation in the Bahamas, Rileigh Decker and Summer Layman suffered shark bites while swimming in the Caribbean Sea. They share their emotional story from a hospital room. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY.