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Florida woman narrowly escapes being Steve Irwined.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 12:47 am
Posted on 8/26/23 at 12:47 am
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A Florida woman had a brush with death reminiscent to famed Australian Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin after a stingray impaled her back on a Tampa beach - missing her lungs by just four inches.
Kristie O'Brien was visiting Ruskin's Bahia Beach with her husband Thomas to escape the sweltering heat when she went for a swim and felt a stinging sensation in her back.
When she stood up, a huge stingray barb was protruding from her shoulder with horrific pictures from hospital revealing how lucky she was to live.
She was rushed to St Joseph's Main hospital in Tamps where the trauma team removed the barb and treated her to counter the venom.
Paramedics freed O'Brien in the water using shears to cut the stingray at the base of its tail.
'Yesterday while I was a Little Harbor in Apollo Beach I was impaled by a stingray' O'Brien wrote on Instagram.
'This stingray tried to pull a Steve Irwin, and almost pierced my lung. A near miss by only a few inches.
'I have never been so scared and actually thought I was going to die, but Thomas was by my side and kept me calm' she added.
O'Brien is currently in hospital where she will remain for a further 7 days to ensure she did not pick up a bacterial infection from the water.
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Posted on 8/26/23 at 1:09 am to Jim Rockford
Just wanted to poke.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 1:11 am to Jim Rockford
I had no idea the barbs weren’t on the tip of the tail
Posted on 8/26/23 at 1:33 am to Jim Rockford
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Paramedics freed O'Brien in the water using shears to cut the stingray at the base of its tail.
So she was just flailing around with a stingray attached to her until they got there? Yikes
Posted on 8/26/23 at 1:34 am to Jim Rockford
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missing her lungs by just four inches.
Nothing against her, but 4 inches is a big reach when talking life and death.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 1:48 am to Jim Rockford
Stingrays seem to be more dangerous than sharks
Posted on 8/26/23 at 2:32 am to Jim Rockford
Her tattoo on her back is beautiful. Is that an antique fade style ?
This post was edited on 8/26/23 at 2:34 am
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:32 am to Jim Rockford
As someone who has been stung by a stingray not once but twice.....FUUUUUCK THAT
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:38 am to Jim Rockford
How do you get stung in the back?
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:46 am to Jim Rockford
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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
Did you hear that there was a recall on The Crocodile Hunter brand sunscreen? They found that it didn’t protect from the harmful rays…
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:56 am to Jim Rockford
I once saw a photo of a stingray in a magazine.
Could’ve been me.
Could’ve been me.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 6:58 am to Jim Rockford
Go woke get a poke. In 2008 Tampa Bay changed the team name from Devil Rays to Rays because...muh people's feelings
Posted on 8/26/23 at 7:59 am to Jim Rockford
Did they remove that green thing on her shoulder while they were working on her?
Posted on 8/26/23 at 8:27 am to Jim Rockford
Is the stingray ok?
Posted on 8/26/23 at 8:33 am to Jim Rockford
She must have said something raycist.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 8:35 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 8/26/23 at 10:23 am to Jim Rockford
Killer Whales know what's up..
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:52 am to Jim Rockford
I stepped on one in Grand Isle last year and wanted to kill myself.
Worst pain Ive experienced in 40 years.
Worst pain Ive experienced in 40 years.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 4:38 pm to Jim Rockford
That’s the part of the back that always itches but you can never reach it, not even to get a sea creature barb out of you
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