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Teen fights off alligator attack — and calls 911 himself

A Florida teen survived a rare alligator attack after being bitten on the leg while swimming with his younger brother in a creek.

A 13-year-old Florida boy shared how he bravely survived an alligator attack after realizing there was “no getting out” without fighting back.

Gabriel Klimis was swimming with his younger brother at Howell Creek in Winter Springs, Florida, on June 20, when an alligator latched on to his right leg and tried to pull him under the water, he said.

“The gator kind of just grabbed me from there, and then once he wrapped his jaws on me, I knew that there was no getting out,” Klimis told NBC News correspondent Sam Brock on TODAY on June 26.

Read this story in its entirety on today.com.


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