Elisa Rispoli News Today

Park officials say they were asleep when a wolf tore through their tent nearly dragging the father into the woods. heres miguel almaguer >> reporter: the attack happened in canadas vast national park, not far from where the rocky mountains meet ice cold waters the rispoli family from new jersey was sleeping in their tent with a 78-pound wolf suddenly attacked. >> when i arrived the tent collapsed and there was the back half of the wolf sticking out. >> reporter: camper russ fee ran over to help,...

We were screaming for help as he was fighting it and trying to save us. >> i was able to pick up a rock and sort of lob rocks at it for a while. >> reporter: after scaring the animal away, rispoli was treated and released by doctors. the wolf tracked and killed. a rare attack and now a harrowing story of survival. miguel almaguer, nbc news. > it seemed like a sweet disqualifiedry at the finish well tell you why