{"id":363941,"date":"2026-08-06T02:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363941\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:12:09","slug":"parents-speak-as-south-florida-boy-recovers-from-bahamas-dog-attack-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363941\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents speak as South Florida boy recovers from Bahamas dog attack \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A South Florida mother and father are speaking out after a family vacation to the Bahamas turned into a nightmare for their 9-year-old son who was severely injured in an attack by a pack of dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beau Brattain was airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard to Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he continues to recover from the July 28 attack.<\/p>\n

His parents say that, given the severity of his injuries, he is defying the odds and making progress every day, but his physical and emotional recovery could take years.<\/p>\n

The attack left Beau with injuries across most of his body, including deep gashes on his arms and a scalp injury that his father described as devastating.<\/p>\n

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Beau Brattain<\/p>\n

“I looked at his head and I noticed that like this much of his scalp was missing completely,\u201d his mother said. \u201cThat\u2019s when I really started to freak out because one thing was these bites. The other thing was this exposed scalp, tissue, nerves, brain\u2026all the things are like a nightmare. An image that now that my son is on his road to recovery, I can slowly get out of my head, but it makes me shake every time I think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beau\u2019s parents, Michael Brattain and Aliette Trelles, said there was no time to panic during the attack. Instead, they focused on keeping their son alive until help arrived.<\/p>\n

“It was the fight to keep him alive, to keep him awake,” his father said. “Do not close your eyes, do not fall asleep through the entire endeavor until we got here.”<\/p>\n

Despite his injuries, Beau remained alert during the flight to Jackson Memorial Hospital. His parents said he described what happened to doctors and asked heartbreaking questions.<\/p>\n

“Why did I deserve this? Like, I\u2019m sorry God, is this how I’m supposed to die?” Beau asked, according to his mother. “And all I kept telling him was, ‘You’re not going to die, Beau. You\u2019re not going to die. You\u2019re going to be fine, Beau.'”<\/p>\n

Authorities have not released full details of the attack, but the Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested and charged a man <\/a>they say failed to control his dogs. He faces several charges.<\/p>\n

Beau\u2019s parents say their focus now is getting him the best possible care.<\/p>\n

They have created a GoFundMe campaign with a $3 million goal, saying that amount is based on the latest estimates from the hospital for Beau\u2019s medical care.<\/p>\n

“It’s endless, endless how far this has reached and how grateful my husband, my family, my daughter, my parents,\u201d Beau\u2019s mother said. \u201cOur son is alive because of every single person that has helped us up until this point.”<\/p>\n

So far, Beau has had three surgeries. He\u2019s scheduled to have surgery every Monday going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A South Florida mother and father are speaking out after a family vacation to the Bahamas turned into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,807],"class_list":["post-363941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363941","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=363941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}