Alligator Bites Fla. Woman's Arm Off
Trapper Finds Arm In Gator's Stomach
POSTED: 4:46 am EST February 24,
2003
UPDATED: 8:44 am EST February 24,
2003
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- An 8-foot alligator surprised a woman who was working in her yard and bit her arm off, according to a Local 6 News report.
Officials said that Helena Kuto, 60, was gardening near a pond in her back yard when the gator named "Henry" jumped out of the water and ripped her arm off.Kuto was rushed to Tampa Hospital but her condition was not known.A trapper reportedly located the woman's arm after finding the alligator at the bottom of the pond.The arm was retrieved from the animal and sent to the hospital but there is no information on whether doctors will be able to save her arm.Watch Local 6 News for the latest on this story.
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