{"id":237192,"date":"2026-07-07T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237192\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T02:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:54:08","slug":"juniata-county-boy-loses-hand-in-florida-alligator-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237192\/","title":{"rendered":"Juniata County boy loses hand in Florida alligator attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn 11-year-old boy from Juniata County, Pennsylvania is recovering after an alligator attack in Marion County, Florida that led to the amputation of his right hand. Fishing trip turns traumaticBrodie and his father were fishing two weekends ago at Nelson’s Fish Camp near Umatilla when the incident occurred, according to his relative Andrew Wright. \u201cThey did see alligators in the area, nothing that was close to them at all and nothing that was of concern to them,\u201d Wright said. The attack happened suddenlyWright explained that the situation changed quickly as Brodie was putting a fish back into the water that he had just reeled in. \u201cThe gator came out of nowhere. They didn\u2019t ever see it,\u201d Wright said. His father tried to save himThe alligator grabbed Brodie by the arm, prompting his father to jump on the animal in an attempt to pry its mouth open. \u201cWhen he did that, the gator did its roll, and it broke pretty much every bone in Brodie\u2019s lower arm, which severed part of his hand,\u201d Wright said. Injuries led to an amputationDoctors at the hospital had to amputate Brodie\u2019s right hand, which Wright said is his dominant hand for playing sports like baseball and football. \u201cEverything that he knew, doing everything with his right hand, he can\u2019t do that anymore. So, physically and emotionally, it\u2019s going to be a very long road for him,\u201d Wright said. Family encouraged by supportDespite the challenges ahead, Brodie remains in good spirits, as shown by his smile in photos taken after the attack. Wright said the overwhelming support the family has received on social media has helped. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be a short-term thing. So the more help, the better,\u201d Wright said.You can donate to Brodie’s GoFundMe here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

An 11-year-old boy from Juniata County, Pennsylvania is recovering after an alligator attack in Marion County, Florida that led to the amputation of his right hand. <\/p>\n

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Fishing trip turns traumatic<\/p>\n

Brodie and his father were fishing two weekends ago at Nelson’s Fish Camp near Umatilla when the incident occurred, according to his relative Andrew Wright. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"an<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did see alligators in the area, nothing that was close to them at all and nothing that was of concern to them,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n

The attack happened suddenly<\/p>\n

Wright explained that the situation changed quickly as Brodie was putting a fish back into the water that he had just reeled in. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe gator came out of nowhere. They didn\u2019t ever see it,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n

His father tried to save him<\/p>\n

The alligator grabbed Brodie by the arm, prompting his father to jump on the animal in an attempt to pry its mouth open. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he did that, the gator did its roll, and it broke pretty much every bone in Brodie\u2019s lower arm, which severed part of his hand,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n

Injuries led to an amputation<\/p>\n

Doctors at the hospital had to amputate Brodie\u2019s right hand, which Wright said is his dominant hand for playing sports like baseball and football. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"an<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that he knew, doing everything with his right hand, he can\u2019t do that anymore. So, physically and emotionally, it\u2019s going to be a very long road for him,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"an<\/p>\n

Family encouraged by support<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges ahead, Brodie remains in good spirits, as shown by his smile in photos taken after the attack. Wright said the overwhelming support the family has received on social media has helped. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"an<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be a short-term thing. So the more help, the better,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

You can donate to Brodie’s GoFundMe here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 11-year-old boy from Juniata County, Pennsylvania is recovering after an alligator attack in Marion County, Florida that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102181,102182,5918,102183,3684,102184,5606,102185,28,102186,30,29],"class_list":["post-237192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-11-year-old-boy-from-pennsylvania","tag-brodie","tag-florida","tag-florida-alligator-attack","tag-juniata-county","tag-marion-county","tag-mifflintown","tag-nelsons-fish-camp","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-boy","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}