Doctors unable to reattach arm alligator tore off

A MAN’S arm was bitten off by an alligator as he snorkelled in a South Carolina lake in the US, but doctors were unable to reattach it.

Doctors unable to reattach arm alligator tore off
Wed, 19 Sep, 2007 - 01:00

Bill Hedden, 59, was bitten by a 3.6m alligator on Sunday afternoon in Lake Moultrie.

He was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina.

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