Six-yr-old boy fights off alligator in US
Los Angeles: A six-year-old boy in the US has miraculously survived a ferocious attack by an eight-foot alligator after his father got into a daring fistfight with the reptile.
Joey and his father Joseph Welch had gone for canoeing in Boynton Beach, Florida, on Friday afternoon when for a slight moment, Joey wandered and stumbled in to the water's edge.
Joey was left with survival scars from the grip of the alligator's jaw, WSVN TV reported. “I heard his screams, so raced down the hill. I saw that an alligator latched on to his right arm,” Joseph narrated.
“I ran into the water,” he said adding, “I didn't want to play tug-of-war with the alligator and get Joey’s arm ripped off. I started punching the alligator’s head.”
Joey was still stuck and a good samaritan rushed over to help, he said. “He kicked the alligator’s stomach, while I was punching it. the Eventually, it released my son,” Joseph said. Joey was rushed to a nearby hospital remarkably, with only minor injuries.
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