Woman's Arm Amputated After Surviving Alligator Bite in Marion County Silver River, Family Says
Good Samaritans pulled the woman ashore, and wildlife officials are working to trap the alligator after closing the Silver River.
- A woman is recovering at home after suffering a traumatic right-arm amputation in an alligator attack Saturday while swimming in the Silver River, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials confirmed.
- Good Samaritan John Gamache saved the victim by using a rope from his boat to tie off her severe wound after the alligator released her, preventing further blood loss.
- FWC officers and a contracted Nuisance Alligator Trapper located and removed a 9-foot-8-inch alligator from the area on Sunday, officials said.
- The victim was discharged from the hospital on Sunday and is resting at home in good spirits, with her family expressing gratitude to Gamache for his quick actions.
- Marion County officials reopened the Silver River to the public on Sunday following the incident, which occurred amid three similar alligator attacks reported in Central Florida since June.
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In the sunshine state of Florida, a few stand-up paddlers cool down in a river. As an alligator approaches, there is a catastrophe. Thanks to the courageous intervention of a random witness, it is probably thanks to the fact that there are no deaths.
An alligator attacked a Florida woman in the Silver River, pulling her underwater and tearing off her right arm.
Woman attacked by Alligator: The rapid intervention of a boater may have saved the woman's life. Shortly after the attack, her arm was amputated.
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