{"id":327913,"date":"2026-07-03T00:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327913\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:18:35","slug":"911-call-deputy-body-cam-released-in-florida-alligator-attack-she-needs-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327913\/","title":{"rendered":"911 call, deputy body cam released in Florida alligator attack: &#8216;She needs help&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/me1twtlsygtdnfrc.jpg\" alt=\"Woman dies after alligator attack in Central Florida river\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/me1twtlsygtdnfrc.jpg\" alt=\"Woman dies after alligator attack in Central Florida river\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Snippets of a 13-minute 911 call detail the moments in which Brittany Clark, 31, fought for her life after an alligator attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The pleas to first responders for immediate medical attention were urgent as crying and wailing could be heard in the background. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Somebody got bit by a gator.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Real bad, hurry.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As the emergency operator tried to pinpoint Clark&#8217;s exact location, at the Barr Street Trailhead within the Little Big Econ State Forest on June 28, her friends surrounding her fought to keep her alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;She\u2019s losing a lot of blood.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We need to stop the blood.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Get a towel, here.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;She needs help, now!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7lfdlkc8aqphfmbv.jpg\" alt=\"Seminole County deputy responds to deadly alligator attack | Body Cam\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7lfdlkc8aqphfmbv.jpg\" alt=\"Seminole County deputy responds to deadly alligator attack | Body Cam\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>   20-second body camera footage released <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Seminole County Sheriff&#8217;s Office released a brief 20-second clip of body camera footage showing a deputy responding to the scene. The footage shows the deputy running through the woods, then asking, &#8220;Where are we?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He came upon a blue tent shielding Clark and a person helping her. The deputy acted quickly, placing his back on the ground and pulling out a black Velcro tourniquet.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Though the sheriff&#8217;s office ended the video at that point, redacting the events that followed, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported the alligator had bitten both of Clark&#8217;s arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">After emergency responders arrived, she was transported as a trauma alert to a nearby hospital where she died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Why was Brittany Clark in the water?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The FWC reported that Clark had been hiking with her boyfriend and friends at the Little Big Econ State Forest in Geneva when they decided to swim.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Clark was in about three feet of water when she was attacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chad Weber, Public Information Officer (PIO) for Florida Fish and Wildlife didn&#8217;t shed light on what might have prompted the attack, but said the end of alligators\u2019 mating season is approaching, explaining that during this time alligators can be &#8220;very territorial.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;It\u2019s hard to speculate and pinpoint what the exact reason was,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> 2 alligators \u2018harvested\u2019 by trappers: FWC <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Following the attack, officials used aerial tactics to locate and retrieve two exceptionally large alligators from the area, measuring 12 and 13 feet long.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The 13-foot alligator was located directly at the scene of the incident, while the 12-foot alligator was found nearby. Based on witness descriptions of a &#8220;very large alligator,&#8221; officials believe one of these two reptiles was involved in the attack.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The FWC has completed an analysis of the two alligators found, the agency said. The samples will be taken to the agency\u2019s laboratory in Gainesville to determine whether the animals &#8220;harvested&#8221; were involved in the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered from the Seminole County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/seminole-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seminole County News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/central-florida-news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Central Florida News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; Snippets of a 13-minute 911 call detail the moments in which Brittany Clark, 31,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3834,47,28,30,29,115,1014,628],"class_list":["post-327913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-central-florida-news","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-seminole-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}