People at the beach went to the woman’s rescue and helped her ashore, the authorities said, but she died at a hospital.

A 56-year-old from Minnesota is dead after being attacked by a shark while on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

A 56-year-old woman has died after her arm was torn off in a suspected shark attack in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Arlene Lillis ...

Arlene Lillis, 56, was escaping midwest winter in Caribbean before losing arm in attack and dying of her injuries ...

Arlene Lillis, 56, was swimming off Drosch Beach on St. Croix around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when witnesses suddenly heard ...

A Minnesota woman has died after a suspected shark attack in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Arlene Lillis, 56, died on Thursday, ...

A woman died after her arm was bitten off by a shark at a popular St. Croix beach in the US Virgin Islands, authorities ...

A 56-year-old woman from Minnesota died after an apparent shark attack in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, officials said ...

A Minnesota woman has died in a shark attack after her arm was bitten off while she was swimming in the U.S. Virgin Islands ...

Officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands say a shark has attacked and killed an American woman along a beach in St. Croix ...