nobby
December 2nd, 2006, 04:30 PM
Whatever you do, don't pass out naked after smoking crack in an area where you are likely to be regarded as food by a large alligator. I can't stress this enough.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Carlos Mayid couldn't see Adrian Apgar being attacked by an alligator, but he could hear it.
With his cell phone in hand, a calm Mayid left his home near Lake Parker, Fla., and walked down his street in the pre-dawn darkness toward the screams of a man who was fighting for his life in the water.
Hey. What's up? What do you need?" Mayid hollered in a recording of a dramatic 911 call released Thursday.
"A gator's got me," Apgar replied, his voice faint.
Mayid's call shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday sent four Polk County deputies racing to the lake, where they jumped into the water and wrenched Apgar's arm from the gator's mouth.
Apgar, 45, told authorities he'd passed out nude onshore after smoking crack. Later Wednesday, state wildlife authorities trapped and killed a nearly 12-foot-long alligator thought to be the one that attacked him.
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-usgato024999359dec02,0,2364052.story
ORLANDO, Fla. - Carlos Mayid couldn't see Adrian Apgar being attacked by an alligator, but he could hear it.
With his cell phone in hand, a calm Mayid left his home near Lake Parker, Fla., and walked down his street in the pre-dawn darkness toward the screams of a man who was fighting for his life in the water.
Hey. What's up? What do you need?" Mayid hollered in a recording of a dramatic 911 call released Thursday.
"A gator's got me," Apgar replied, his voice faint.
Mayid's call shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday sent four Polk County deputies racing to the lake, where they jumped into the water and wrenched Apgar's arm from the gator's mouth.
Apgar, 45, told authorities he'd passed out nude onshore after smoking crack. Later Wednesday, state wildlife authorities trapped and killed a nearly 12-foot-long alligator thought to be the one that attacked him.
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-usgato024999359dec02,0,2364052.story