Alligator eats man’s arm during attack in Port Charlotte, victim survives to tell his story
FORT MYERS, Fla. – An alligator attacked a man in Port Charlotte early Sunday morning, tearing off the man’s arm.
Jordan Rivera, 23, fell into a pond behind Banditos Bar off S. McCall Road near closing time. That’s when the gator attacked the Englewood man, biting off his right arm in the process.
“Those gators, I didn’t truly understand them until I woke up in the hospital and, ‘Oh, gator got your arm,” Rivera told NBC2 from his hospital bed in the ICU at Gulf Coast Medical Center.
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Thirty-six hours after the attack, Rivera invited NBC2 to share his story of survival.
“I didn’t lose my life, I l...
