A crocodile attacked Zanele Ndlovu as she canoed with her fiancé in Zimbabwe, ripping her arm so badly it had to be amputated. But the pair, due to marry just five days later, refused to allow the trauma to delay the ceremony.
The couple was canoeing on the Zambezi River when the crocodile punctured their inflatable boat.
"When this happened and the doctor said it's still a possibility, we didn't see a reason why to change our (wedding) date, so we went on with it," Ndlovu said.
The pair plans to settle in Britain where a fully functioning prosthetic arm will be top of the agenda.