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Amy Schumer almost lost leg surfing

. The 34-year-old actress was dangerously close to losing a chunk of her limb when the sharp edge of her board slammed into her, reported Vanity Fair.

"I skegged myself. My whole fin went into my leg, and I had to yank it out." Schumer managed to make it to the shore and desperately called out to a 'beautiful' man on the beach for help because 'fat and blood' was oozing out of the gaping hole.

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Recalling the frightening ordeal, she said: "I was by myself was like, 'I need you to hold my leg.' I was delegating. And he held my leg closed with his bare hands - just fat and blood coming out. "I wish I knew who that guy was, because he saved my life, for sure. He had blue toenail polish and nail polish; he had long stringy hair. And I remember him being beautiful. Anyway, he held my leg closed."

It took 15 minutes for medical help to get to her. Schumer, who is dating

Ben Hanisch

, luckily walked away relatively unscathed as she just needed a few dozen stitches to close the hole in her leg, but was more 'annoyed' by the ordeal and concerned she would have to 'motivate' people with her survival story.

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