local Gator Rips Man's Arm Off
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Gator Rips Man's Arm Off
Nicole Johnson, Live 5 News
Bill Hedden is at Medical University of South Carolina's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition, lucky to be alive.
Live 5 News was the only station to talk to a group of nurses on a picnic nearby. They helped sustain Hedden until EMS arrived.
People picnicking at Short Stay say they saw the man snorkeling in Lake Moultrie before the alligator attacked.
"Suddenly we had commotion and we saw a guy right here. He's bleeding profusely. We thought he was just kidding," said witness Jerome Bien.
But what happened to Bill Hedden was no joke. A 12 foot long, 600 pound gator bit his left arm off, ripping it from the shoulder socket.
"He was able to run up the bank to a picnic area, where a lot of people were," said Berkeley County rescuer Capt. Bill Salisbury.
"They saw what was happening and called 911."
Luckily at least five registered nurses were part of the group nearby. They knew exactly what to do to stop the bleeding.
"One of the members too, keep on encouraging him to breathe and because he was turning blue," said nurse Jo Masauding.
The nurses took care of Hedden until EMS arrived and medevaced him to the hospital.
"He was very concious and asking for his wife, to call his wife, to make sure she knew what happened to him," said Masauding.
DNR agents killed the gator and say they removed the arm from the animal's stomach. Hedden's arm was placed in an ice cooler and taken to the hospital where doctors determined whether it could be reattached.
A source says the arm cannot be reattached, but the hospital cannot confirm that yet.
The alligator attacked at the Short Stay naval outdoor recreation area around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A representative from Short Stay says this is the first alligator attack on the lake. There are signs posted along the lake warning people to beware of alligators.
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Gator Rips Man's Arm Off
Nicole Johnson, Live 5 News
Bill Hedden is at Medical University of South Carolina's Intensive Care Unit in critical condition, lucky to be alive.
Live 5 News was the only station to talk to a group of nurses on a picnic nearby. They helped sustain Hedden until EMS arrived.
People picnicking at Short Stay say they saw the man snorkeling in Lake Moultrie before the alligator attacked.
"Suddenly we had commotion and we saw a guy right here. He's bleeding profusely. We thought he was just kidding," said witness Jerome Bien.
But what happened to Bill Hedden was no joke. A 12 foot long, 600 pound gator bit his left arm off, ripping it from the shoulder socket.
"He was able to run up the bank to a picnic area, where a lot of people were," said Berkeley County rescuer Capt. Bill Salisbury.
"They saw what was happening and called 911."
Luckily at least five registered nurses were part of the group nearby. They knew exactly what to do to stop the bleeding.
"One of the members too, keep on encouraging him to breathe and because he was turning blue," said nurse Jo Masauding.
The nurses took care of Hedden until EMS arrived and medevaced him to the hospital.
"He was very concious and asking for his wife, to call his wife, to make sure she knew what happened to him," said Masauding.
DNR agents killed the gator and say they removed the arm from the animal's stomach. Hedden's arm was placed in an ice cooler and taken to the hospital where doctors determined whether it could be reattached.
A source says the arm cannot be reattached, but the hospital cannot confirm that yet.
The alligator attacked at the Short Stay naval outdoor recreation area around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A representative from Short Stay says this is the first alligator attack on the lake. There are signs posted along the lake warning people to beware of alligators.
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They also found a gator out at the beach this weekend while they had a community cleanup . A teenage girl walked over to pick up what she thought was a piece of trash and the gator wacked her with his tail and ran off. The DNR coaught it the thing was like six feet long. I think it was on sullivans island.
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The alligator attacked at the Short Stay naval outdoor recreation area around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A representative from Short Stay says this is the first alligator attack on the lake. There are signs posted along the lake warning people to beware of alligators.
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The alligator attacked at the Short Stay naval outdoor recreation area around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. A representative from Short Stay says this is the first alligator attack on the lake. There are signs posted along the lake warning people to beware of alligators.
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you are WARNED: the one pic is pretty tough
http://charleston.net/photos/galleri...igator_attack/
article with more info:
http://charleston.net/news/2007/sep/...igators_belly/
http://charleston.net/photos/galleri...igator_attack/
article with more info:
http://charleston.net/news/2007/sep/...igators_belly/
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from the looks of the one pic, doesn't look like they would be able to reattach it. it wasn't a clean cut but a tear which probably killed all the nerves, and the time it took to get it there was probably a long time.
it took alot of power to just rip it out of socket like that!!
it took alot of power to just rip it out of socket like that!!
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