A Florida mother survived a terrifying encounter with an alligator that cost her most of her right arm, and newly released emergency recordings reveal just how close she came to losing her life.
But the most remarkable part of the ordeal may be what the 58-year-old woman did while the predator had her trapped in its powerful jaws.
Rather than surrendering to the animal, Dina Spann fought desperately to stay alive, using her bare hands to resist the alligator as it attempted to pull her beneath the water.
