Orlando woman loses arm in alligator attack

Posted on August 12, 2015

An Orlando woman was injured Saturday, Aug. 8 when an alligator bit her while she was swimming in the Wekiva River just west of the Wekiva Island Marina.

Rachael D. Lilienthal was swimming upstream away from a crowded beach area when she was bitten by an alligator, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials.

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