Visitor performs daring rescue after handler dragged into enclosure by alligator

A TV cameraman films the entrance of Scales and Tails Utah (Rick Bowmer/AP)

An employee at a reptile centre in the US is recovering after an alligator yanked her into its enclosure during a presentation and thrashed her around before a fast-acting visitor leapt inside and helped free her from its jaws.

Video taken by a guest shows an unidentified handler at Scales & Tails Utah, in suburban Salt Lake City, talking to some adults and children about the alligator when it bit her hand and dragged her into the water.