A 23-year-old young man paid a high price after being too lazy to queue to go to the bathroom…
The facts took place in the middle of the night in Florida, near a bar where Jordan Rivera, 23, was spending the evening. Taken by a pressing urge, Jordan headed for the toilets of the bar and, there seeing an impressive queue, preferred to relieve himself outside. It was behind the bar, towards what he thought was a pond, that Jordan headed. “I did not realize the size of the pondhe later told NBC from his hospital bed in Fort Myers. it’s the last thing he remembers. Indeed after having wanted to do his little business at the water’s edge, “something happened, either I tripped or the ground under my feet gave way, and I ended up in the water. And that’s literally the last thing I remember” Jordan Rivera told NBC.
The nightmare began when he woke up, as the young man found himself in a hospital bed with one arm missing when he opened his eyes. If his memory does not remember it, his body bears the marks of an attack of alligator, which has devoured a whole part of the right arm up to above the elbow. And if Jordan did not end up entirely in the stomach of the reptile, it is in particular thanks to the intervention of Manny Hidalgo, a young man interviewed by the Daily Sun who was also at the bar at the time of the attack. . “I heard screaming so I went to look, and I saw him screaming and swimming towards the edge. I ran and I hoisted it on the sand” explained the witness who, by using his belt as a tourniquet, undoubtedly saved the life of Jordan Rivera.
Attacks that remain rare
Despite a rude awakening, Jordan Rivera prefers to see the glass half full. “I lost an arm, not my life, it’s not the end of the world. I don’t have an elbow anymore, but I can still move my arm a bit.” The victim’s mother, Teresa Lessa, agrees because even if the amputation of her son remains traumatic, she is still grateful that he is still alive. She also thanks the “angels” who helped Jordan get out of the water and who took care of him while waiting for help. The alligator responsible for the attack has been found and captured by the competent authorities. Over the past 10 years, about 8 attacks requiring significant medical attention have been counted each year.