A 58-year-old woman is recovering after a large alligator attacked her in Florida's Silver River, severing her right arm and causing other significant injuries. The incident occurred on Saturday when Dina Rae Spann was swimming with her family in the river, which has a posted "no swimming" sign.
Dina Rae Spann, 58, was in the water when a nearly 10-foot alligator attacked, biting her arm and dragging her underwater. She fought back with a paddle, and a bystander's intervention helped her escape the reptile's grasp. The alligator released its grip as the bystander's boat approached, and the injured woman was found clinging to a paddleboard. The sound of the boat reportedly caused the alligator to flee.
Good Samaritan John Gamache and his father were on a nearby boat when they heard the commotion. Gamache spotted the alligator's head above the water and sped toward the swimmers. Upon reaching Spann, he used a rope to fashion a tourniquet to control the severe bleeding from her mangled arm. Gamache told FOX35 that the injury was