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Officials have released a 911 call made after an alligatorfatally attacked an 85-year-old womanin Florida earlier this week.
On the call, a neighbor who “just happened to look” outside when the attack occurred can be heard frantically telling the 911 operator"the alligator’s got her" and to “please hurry,” according to ABC affiliate WPBF.
“She was walking her little dog, and the gator grabbed the dog,” the neighbor added. “She fell down and [it] took her.”
Over the course of the phone call, which lasted for over eight minutes, the neighbor said she had gone to get a pole to rescue the woman after the attack. However, when she returned, the woman had been pulled into the water.
“It’s too late,” the neighbor said. “I can’t see her.”
During the call, the neighbor also went to go get the dog. “He’s so frightened,” she told the operator.
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After repeatedly saying there was still no sight of the woman in the water, the neighbor then saw her body resurface.
“I see her,” the neighbor said with audible emotion in her voice. “I think she’s gone.”
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The dog survived the attack, per the FWC.
“Our prayers go out to the loved ones of the victim and the Spanish Lakes' residents who knew the victim and witnessed the attack,” Sheriff Ken Mascara said in astatement shared on social media.
“She played cards,” Sandy Sauers, a friend, told WPBF. “And then her husband, he was in charge with bocce years ago, and he passed away. And you know, she’s been alone. She was a good friend to a lot of people in the park.”
source: people.com
