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Gallinari’s Wife in Stable Condition After Suspected Shark Bite

Puerto Rico’s environmental agency is analyzing tissue samples from Eleonora Boi’s thigh wound to confirm whether a shark was responsible.

Danilo Gallinari and Eleonora Boi are seen on November 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by TM/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Eleanora Boi (left) and husband Danilo Gallinari (right)
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Overview

  • Eleonora Boi, the pregnant wife of former NBA player Danilo Gallinari, was bitten on her thigh while swimming at Isla Verde beach in Carolina on July 31.
  • She was rushed to the Medical Center in Río Piedras, where surgeons repaired her open wound and she remains under observation.
  • Boi and her unborn child are reported to be doing well as she recovers in stable condition.
  • Biologists from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources have secured tissue samples and will run tests to determine the biting species.
  • Carolina municipal police and local authorities have opened an investigation into the incident, underscoring that shark encounters, though uncommon in Puerto Rico, still occur.