Alabama woman loses leg in boating accident, remains positive: ‘I’ve got to make the best of it’ [Video]

An Alabama woman is keeping a positive attitude after a boating accident led to her left leg being amputated.

Nikki Goodman, 43, said she was out with her husband last month on Gravine Island near Mobile, Alabama, for fun. 

The couple was on a boat when the hydraulic cable broke and the boat started to spin in circles, throwing them both overboard. 

During the chaos, Goodman made contact with the boat’s propeller. 

“It cut my left leg off,” she told FOX Television Stations. “It [also] got my right leg above my ankle. It got to the bottom of my calf and above my ankle.”

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Goodman said she didn’t realize what had happened at first. 

“My legs started going numb,” she continued. “I pulled my leg up, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, my legs are gone!’but I didn’t really …