Prime Example:
THERE IS A STARKLY different approach to this subject. The MSNBC article carries hope where the CNN article is inaccurate and contrived.
MSNBC
Woman saved after tug-of-war with gator
Fla. police, neighbor rescue landscaper grabbed by 12-foot reptile
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:12 a.m. ET July 22, 2004
SANIBEL, Fla. - A 12-foot alligator attacked a landscaper Wednesday behind an island home, dragging her into a pond before a neighbor and police officers yanked the woman from the animal’s jaws.
“It was kind of a tug-of-war,” said the neighbor, Jim Anholt, who heard Janie Melsek's screams and ran to help her.
Part of Melsek’s right arm had to be amputated later during six hours of surgery. She also was severely bitten on her buttocks and thighs, but doctors believe she will walk again, her family said. She was in critical condition late Wednesday.
Melsek, 54, was trimming a tree when the alligator lunged at her and grabbed her arm. “The lady was in the pond and the alligator had hold of her and just her face was showing,” Anholt told The News-Press of Fort Myers.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5486601/?GT1=4244
CNN
Alligator bites off Florida woman's arm
Thursday, July 22, 2004 Posted: 9:07 AM EDT (1307 GMT) SANIBEL, Florida (AP) -- A 12-foot alligator attacked a landscaper Wednesday behind an island home, dragging her into a pond before a neighbor and police officers yanked the woman from the animal's jaws.
"It was kind of a tug-of-war," said the neighbor, Jim Anholt.
Part of Janie Melsek's right arm had to be amputated later during six hours of surgery. She also was severely bitten on her buttocks and thighs, but doctors believe she will walk again, her family said. She remained in critical condition.
Melsek, 54, was trimming a tree when the alligator attacked. "The lady was in the pond and the alligator had hold of her and just her face was showing," Anholt told The News-Press of Fort Myers.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/22/arm.alligator.ap/index.html
