Tragedy on Lake Kissimmee: Husband’s Desperate Grasp as Alligator Swims Away with Wife

A chilling accident on Florida’s Lake Kissimmee left one woman dead—and her husband forever changed—after an 11-foot alligator dragged her underwater and swam away with her body.

On May 6, Cynthia Diekema, 61, and her husband, Dave, were canoeing near Tiger Creek when they unknowingly passed over a submerged bull alligator.

The reptile, hidden in just 2.5 feet of water, reacted violently, capsizing the canoe and throwing both passengers into the lake…

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