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Re: Boy's Arm Recovered After Alligator Attack
NEW ORLEANS -- A boy's arm has been recovered after it was bitten off by an alligator Wednesday.
The alligator severed 11-year-old Devin Funck's arm Wednesday, according to police.
Officers said the boy and two girls played near a body of water at the Kingspoint subdivision near Slidell when the gator attacked and tried to pull the boy under.
Police said the gator swallowed the boy's arm. Officials said they retrieved the limb from the alligator's stomach after searching for, catching and cutting the animal. Around 6:40 p.m., a deputy at the scene said the arm had been rushed to Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson.
The boy was airlifted to the hospital, according to officials, where he was undergoing surgery to attempt to reattach the severed arm.
Dr. Corey Hebert said survival is their biggest concern in operating on the boy. He said their second concern is blood loss.
Two deputies helping with the rescue were treated for minor injuries because of heat exhaustion.
Last month, a teen in Okeechobee, Fla., lost an arm in an alligator attack while swimming across a canal. Kasey Edwards, 18, was traversing a canal that empties into Lake Okeechobee when an 11-foot alligator bit him and tried to drag him under.
The boy could be in surgery for several hours, doctors said.
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