Dancer, 21, had her hand ripped clean off in a freak boating accident

A dancer had her hand ripped clean off in a freak boating accident after a rope attached to an inflatable wrapped around her wrist and severed it off. 

Kristie Sita, 21, was on the water with friends in Ruby Lake on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada, when the horror unfolded. 

The group were heading out on a boat with inflatables on the back. When one fell off the fitness fanatic's 'initial reaction was to reach out to grab the rope'. 

But it got caught around her arm and her severed hand was later found in the water, still entangled in the rope.

Kristie, who made the trip shortly after graduating in June 2014, briefly fell unconscious after the horrific incident and woke in the water surrounded by blood.

When she raised her left arm to motion for help, she was horrified to see that her hand was missing. 

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Kristie, of Vancouver, Canada, was airlifted to British Columbia's Children's Hospital where her wound was sealed by wrapping the remains of her palm around the stump. 

She said: 'I kept thinking it was a nightmare. It couldn't be real. In five seconds my life had changed forever. 

'Around noon, we were heading to meet another boat. The tube was resting on the back because it was too big to fit. It fell out and my initial reaction was to reach out to grab the rope.

'The next thing I remember, I was in the water surrounded by blood. I raised my left hand to say, 'come get me', and I didn't have a left hand.

'At that point, I went into survival mode. I was treading water. My friends pulled me back into the boat.'  

In the last picture with her left hand Kristie posed for a for a gym selfie to show off her toned biceps. 

Following her accident Kristie says has changed her life for the better and she has gone on to land top dancing roles and amassed 100,000 social media followers.          

She said: 'I looked at every surgeon and I

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