The BriefTwo young women from Melbourne, Florida, survived a bull shark attack while vacationing in Bimini Bay, Bahamas, suffering traumatic injuries after jumping into the water unaware of the lurking danger.

Unprovoked shark attacks are rare in the Bahamas, with just 34 recorded since 1580, according to the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File. This ranks the Caribbean country ninth among all tracked countries, with the US leading at 1,640 cases, followed by Australia with 706 and South Africa with 262, the data shows.