The woman who lost her right arm in a vicious alligator attack in Florida on Saturday has been identified as Dina Rae Spann.The attack happened Saturday afternoon in the Silver River in Marion County, where Spann was swimming with a group, the New York Post reported.Spann, 58, was trying to keep the alligator's mouth closed while making her way toward the surface for air, her son, Zach Guerrina, told the news outlet.FLORIDA WOMAN LOSES ARM IN SILVER RIVER ALLIGATOR ATTACK AS BOATER RACES TO SAVE HER LIFE"It had her, but she said she was trying to make sure it didn’t get to her legs," he said. Spann also suffered an injury to her left hand during the struggle, losing part of her ring finger, Guerrina said.Her right arm was ultimately amputated below the elbow.A woman lost her right arm this past weekend after an alligator (not pictured) attacked her while she was swimming in a Florida river. (iStock)Nearby, John Gamache, a longtime visitor to the Silver Springs area, and his father were having lunch on their boat when they heard people yelling for help."I looked just upriver from us a couple hundred feet and saw an alligator head way above the water and going full speed towards the swimmers," Gamache told FOX 35 Orlando.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERGamache quickly headed toward the group in his boat. By the time he reached the swimmers, the alligator had released Spann — and the activity from the approaching boat appeared to drive the animal away, according to the outlet.The attack happened Saturday afternoon in the Silver River in Marion County, where the woman was swimming with a group (not pictured).
(iStock)He found Spann holding onto a paddleboard with a severe arm injury.He took rope from his boat and used it as a makeshift tourniquet to help control the bleeding."It was a terrible injury, bones poking out, blood everywhere," Gamache said.
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