A nearly 12-foot-long alligator took the life of a 71-year-old senior as he innocently fished along the shore of a lake in Florida near Orlando Friday afternoon.
\n\nIt was the second fatal alligator attack in the Sunshine State this year, according to authorities and news outlets.
\n\nSteven Hamilton was fishing along the shore of Lake Apopka in Winter Garden when the alligator struck around 5 p.m., the Winter Garden Police Department said. The lake is about 20 miles from Orlando.
\n\nEmergency crews attempted to rescue Hamilton but were prevented by other alligators who were also in the water, Winter Garden Fire Chief Jose Gainza told FOX 35.
\n\nResponders finally recovered his body around 7 p.m. Authorities said the alligator measured 11.8 feet.
\n\n“The FWC extends its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time,” the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement.
\n\nWinter Garden Police Chief Michael Mason said the huge alligator was trapped and killed to prevent further such attacks.
\n\nMason also told the Orlando station that the lake “has tons of alligators in it” and authorities did not know before the attack that one was perusing the shore.
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