An 11-year-old boy is injured after an alligator bites off his hand while he is fishing at a resort in Florida, according to reports. The incident happens as the boy is releasing a fish when the alligator attack occurs. His father immediately jumps into the water and tries to intervene, attempting to pry the alligator’s mouth open to get his son’s hand back. The reports describe the father physically confronting the animal to save his child during the attack. After the father’s intervention, the boy receives medical treatment for the severe injury. The accounts focus on the location at a Florida resort, the circumstances of the fishing trip, and the father’s direct response in the water. Both sources characterize the event as sudden and traumatic, with the child sustaining a catastrophic hand injury during the alligator bite.