Alligator attacks 71-year-old man in floodwaters from Hurricane Ida
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SLIDELL, La. (WVUE/Gray News) – An alligator in floodwaters from Hurricane Ida apparently killed a 71-year-old man.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office told WVUE the man’s wife was inside their home when she heard a commotion.
The woman ran outside and saw a large alligator attacking her husband.
She rushed to her husband’s aid to stop the attack and reportedly pulled him out of the floodwaters.
Deputies said she ran to get first-aid supplies but didn’t realize the severity of his injuries until she returned.
WVUE reported the wife got into her pirogue and went to higher ground a mile away to get help, but when she returned her husband was no longer lying on the steps where she had left him.
Deputies tried to locate the man but were unsuccessful.
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