Harrowing 911 calls after Florida mom was attacked by alligator revealed: ‘Her arm’s dangling off’

Emergency calls have captured the aftermath of an alligator attack on Dina Spann, 58, during a family boating trip on Florida’s Silver River. The calls describe her right arm as badly injured and possibly severed; the incident renewed attention to several recent alligator attacks in the state.

Spann’s son said she fought back and tried to keep the alligator from reaching her legs. Bystanders used her bikini top and a rope as a tourniquet, and a video later showed her right arm amputated below the elbow and part of her left ring finger missing. Trappers removed a 9-foot, 8-inch alligator the day after the 8 August attack; Florida had also seen other serious and fatal alligator incidents in recent months.