A terrifying video was lately released showing the moment a lion tamer was attacked by one of her animals a decade after her husband was killed doing the same routine.
In the details, Faten El-Helw was performing her popular act in Tanta, Egypt when the animal pounced.
El-Helw is seen in the video dancing and waving to the audience only seconds before she is tackled to the ground by the lioness called Mandy.
As the cameraman takes the camera’s focus away from the stage, the screaming of the audience can still be heard.
When the camera pans back, El-Helw is seen on her feet and walking out of the cage as a fellow trainer tries to calm down the the lion. Miraculously, the lion tamer survived the attack, suffering only a hairline fracture to the pelvis.
According to reports, there have been at least five attacks on members of El-Helw’s family by lions.
In the 1980s, El-Helw’s father, Mohamed, was killed after he was attacked trying to break up two lions during a mating session, and her husband, Ibrahim, died in 2004 when he was attacked by a lioness.