Alligator bites off man's hand in Florida canal
Associated Press, Naples, Florida | Mon, 07/12/2010 9:34 PM
Florida wildlife officials say a 10-foot (3-meter) alligator bit off a man's hand while he was swimming in a canal with friends.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Gabriella Ferraro says 18-year-old Timothy Delano is recovering at a hospital. Officials managed to catch the gator and retrieve the hand from its stomach, and doctors may be able to reattach the hand.
Ferraro says Delano was swimming with three friends around 9:30 p.m. Sunday when the alligator attacked.
The men swam to shore and drove to a gas station, where they called for an ambulance. Delano was flown by helicopter to a hospital.
