Army soldier mauled by crocodile, rescued by colleague in Australia: "He's very lucky to be alive"

An Australian Army soldier rescued from the jaws of a crocodile was recovering in a hospital alongside his rescuer after being mauled in the country's remote northeast. A spokesperson for the Australian Defence Force confirmed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that both men were soldiers.

The men were reportedly swimming in "croc-country" off the Cape York Peninsula on Friday afternoon when one of them was attacked, Denis O'Sullivan of the Queensland Ambulance Service told media in Cairns. The other man was injured as he tried to rescue his friend from the saltwater croc, which could have been up to 2.5 meters long, O'Sullivan said.