Boy Falls Into Canal, Bitten By Alligator

A 7-year-old Brazilian boy fell into an Everglades canal and was bitten by an alligator before his parents jumped in and pried him loose.

Alexandre Teixeira, of Sao Paulo, was in stable condition with puncture wounds to the shoulder and chest in the intensive care unit at Miami Children’s Hospital on Sunday.

He was on a walking and cycling trail in Everglades National Park with his family on Saturday when he fell off his bicycle into the canal.

The boy’s mother was treated for puncture wounds to the hand at a hospital and released. His father was not injured.