Defying all mathematical probability, a woman in Florida was attacked by shark within minutes of wading into the ocean for the first time in her life.

Jill Kruse of Colorado Springs, Colo., who was vacationing with her family at Cocoa Beach, said she experienced a feeling of dread before she entered the water.

"I was excited but also nervous at the same time, almost like I knew something was going to go wrong," the 28-year-old Kruse told KDVR Fox 31.

Within 10 minutes, she felt something grab her leg followed by a sharp pain. A shark had clamped on her leg.

Somehow she pulled the fish off. Bleeding profusely, she tried to stand up, but couldn't. She screamed for help.

Someone dragged her to shore.

When Kruse looked at her leg, she was horrified.

"My calf was ripped away from my bone so the muscle was hanging there. There was a big gash. Basically my muscle was hanging from my leg," she told KDVR.

Taken to a hospital, Kruse underwent surgery. Doctors were able to save the leg, but she still faces months of physical therapy.

According to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File, the chance of being attacked by a shark is one in 11.5 million. The odds of being attacked during your first time in the water have to be astronomical.

Will Kruse ever swim in the ocean again?

"I think I will probably go back in the water, but it will be a while. What are the chances of being bit twice, right?" she said.