Overview
- The boy, identified by family as Brodie, was fishing with his father at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County when an alligator grabbed his arm during a fish release.
- His father jumped onto the animal and tried to pry its mouth open, an action family members say helped prevent Brodie from being pulled off the dock.
- Surgeons operated multiple times and ultimately amputated the boy’s right hand at the wrist because the animal’s roll broke most bones in his lower arm.
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it trapped and euthanized an 8-foot-7-inch alligator believed to be the one involved in the attack.
- Brodie has been released from the hospital and is home in Pennsylvania facing long physical and emotional rehabilitation with community fundraising and support underway.