An avid young baseball fan from Pennsylvania experienced a horrifying ordeal during a fishing trip when he lost his hand in a brutal alligator attack. Despite his father’s desperate attempts to save him, the incident unfolded tragically as the alligator performed a notorious death roll.

Eleven-year-old Brodie Terry was enjoying a fishing outing at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County, Florida, on June 27. As he was about to release a catch back into the water, the frightening attack occurred, according to WKMG reports.

An eight-foot, seven-inch alligator suddenly latched onto Brodie’s hand, inciting a desperate and swift response from those nearby.

“Brodie’s father leaped into the water, attempting to pry open the gator’s mouth,” recounted family member Andrew Raines to WKMG.

Raines further explained that the alligator then executed a roll, which ultimately led to the tragic loss of Brodie’s hand.

Gators perform the maneuver, known as a roll, to drown and tear apart their prey. 

Doctors desperately tried to save Brodie’s hand before it was later amputated. He was released from the hospital Friday and is recovering back in his native Pennsylvania.

The alligator involved in the attack was later killed by Florida wildlife officials.

“This tragic accident has not only changed Brodie’s life but has also placed a tremendous burden on his family as they navigate the aftermath,” his family say. 

“Brodie’s passion for fishing, baseball and football have always brought him joy, and now he faces the challenge of adapting to his new circumstances while holding onto the things he loves.”

Florida is home to around 1.3 million gators – and the state has recorded more than 450 attacks since 1948. 

But just over 30 of those have proved to be fatal, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission revealed. 

The day after Brodie was attacked, Florida hiker Brittany Clark died after a gator chomped down on her arm and twisted into a death roll. 

She died en-route to a hospital as a result of the “multiple blunt force injuries of the upper extremities” she suffered. 

Clark was only swimming in around three feet of water in the Econlockhatchee River when she was attacked at Little Big Econ State Forest.

On Monday, an extensive blackout left all of Cuba in darkness, reflecting the severe energy challenges increasingly impacting the country’s delicate power infrastructure.

Approximately 10 million residents experienced the outage, though some regions received partial electricity restoration later on.

“The National Electric Power System has completely disconnected,” Cuba’s government-managed Electric Union announced early Monday. “Investigations into the causes are ongoing.”

The frequency of power outages in Cuba has escalated in recent years, largely due to persistent fuel shortages and aging electrical grids. The situation intensified after former President Donald Trump expanded sanctions in January, coupled with threats of imposing tariffs on nations supplying oil to Cuba.

During Monday’s blackout, public transportation was largely halted, and officials said tens of thousands of surgeries were canceled nationwide, according to The Associated Press (AP).

Authorities later said one generating unit had resumed operations roughly two hours after the collapse. 

“Microsystems are already operational throughout the country, to ensure protection for vital services,” the Electric Union said. 

The energy minister said officials were working to restore power while accusing the U.S. of contributing to Cuba’s energy struggles. 

“Vital services continue to be protected, amidst this complex situation exacerbated by the energy blockade we face,” Vicente de la O Levy said.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel also blamed U.S. policies, describing the energy blockade as a “genocidal” measure imposed by Washington. 

“While the U.S. tries to induce a social explosion through asphyxiation by blocking fuel access to #Cuba, the UNE mobilizes to reverse the SEN outage,” Díaz-Canel said, referring to Cuba’s National Electric Power System. 

“What the electrical workers are doing in the midst of a genocidal energy blockade is heroic.”

Cuba’s energy crisis intensified earlier this year after a U.S. military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and halted Venezuelan oil exports, cutting off a key source of fuel for the island. 

While Cuba produces only about 40% of the fuel it needs, a Russian tanker delivered roughly 730,000 barrels of oil to the country in March, supplies that were depleted by the end of April, according to The AP.

To conserve fuel, the Cuban government has imposed scheduled power outages that have lasted more than 24 consecutive hours in some areas, the outlet said. 

A blackout in early March affected Cuba’s western provinces, while a separate outage in mid-March plunged the entire island into darkness. 

The much-anticipated wedding of pop sensation Taylor Swift and football star Travis Kelce was intended to be a ‘magical’ representation of their love story and a testament to Taylor’s immense global influence.

Hosted at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden on July 3, the event was grand in its design but reportedly fell short in execution, according to some disgruntled attendees. Critiques emerged post-celebration concerning the ‘tacky’ and ‘chaotic’ atmosphere, highlighted by an early champagne shortage and lengthy lines at the buffet tables.

One guest expressed surprise at the buffet-style dining, exclaiming, ‘I couldn’t believe that there was a buffet at the wedding of the year!’ For them, it seemed an unexpectedly casual choice.

The scene became even more noteworthy with tales of well-known figures like Julia Roberts and Steven Spielberg queuing for food. As one attendee recounted, ‘There were slightly chaotic scenes around the food carts with all these amazing A-listers having to stand in line. It wasn’t quite what I expected.’ This unexpected twist added a layer of unanticipated informality to the otherwise star-studded affair.

Adding to the controversy was a hierarchy system that placed guests from A-list to D-list based on their importance to the bride, dictating their arrival times. This stratified approach drew further mixed reactions, with its potentially uncomfortable implications.

British supermodel Cara Delevingne, for example, was in the first, D list contingent, getting to the Madison Square Garden at 2.30pm, a full three hours before the ceremony.

Actor Bradley Cooper and TV host Graham Norton were not far behind, arriving by 3.30pm. Taylor’s best friend Abigail Anderson, whom she’s known since her high school days in Nashville, Tennessee, only showed up at 4.30pm.

The most important guests arrived as instructed closer to the time of the 5.30pm ceremony.

A source said: ‘It was surprisingly chaotic inside. Arrivals were staggered with people having to wait for hours with nothing to do. The cocktails only started at 4pm. People literally were twiddling their thumbs for hours.

‘If you were in the 2.30pm time slot, you couldn’t even amuse yourself by checking your phone. You were just standing around like a lemon wondering why the hell you were forced to arrive so early.’

Everyone had to give up their phones upon arrival – and faced long queues to collect them at the end of the night.

Before giving up hers, Joann Jordan, wife of personal trainer Rob Jordan, shared a look at the transformation of the infamously unglamorous venue in midtown New York. In one of the photos, Rob and Joann walk up a large staircase covered in a red carpet, which is surrounded by white and dark pink curtains.

‘An unforgettable evening in New York celebrating the beginning of a beautiful new chapter for our dear friends, Travis and Taylor. Love was in the air, the city was magical, and every detail was simply unforgettable!’ she gushed.

Kelce’s friend, DJ Chop UFL, also shared photos on the same two staircases. ‘The secret garden was an unbelievable celebration and experience! So happy for my brother and sister Trav & Tay Tay. Congratulations once again! Yesterday was perfect,’ he said.

A video obtained by the Daily Mail shows guests queuing up to walk through a ‘castle door’ into the inner sanctum of the wedding located inside the vast venue, which can seat 20,000.

News website TMZ reported that the theme was Wizard Of Oz meets Alice In Wonderland.

A source says: ‘I know everyone was saying how it was all decked out fairytale garden-style so you’d never even know it was Madison Square Garden – but apparently this is not true.

‘When you got inside, some of the flowers, vines and garlands were wrapped so badly around the seating that they barely camouflaged the plastic bucket-style stadium seats. It was all quite ghastly and tacky. They had tried to cover up that it was a wedding in a stadium, and that failed.

‘Also, there were loads of huge fake plastic trees all over the place and it just looked bizarre.’

The specifics of the theme appeared to be lost on the guests – some said it was ‘fairground Americana’ while others described it as ‘an enchanted forest’.

Even more bizarrely, dotted around the stadium were traditional pinball and slot machines swagged with pink, peach and coral drapes and lots of gold heraldic renderings of the love-birds’ initials T&T.

Another unusual element to the wedding was a raffle. The celebrity guests were invited to win raffle tickets by playing games like mini golf, pinball and a ring toss during the post-nuptial party.

A number were later notified that they had won prizes which included designer Dior and Chanel bags, a Cartier watch and a classic 1970 Chevy car. Singer Avril Lavigne, who performed karaoke later in the evening, was reportedly one of the lucky millionaires who won a free bag.

In all, the event apparently cost billionaire Taylor and her beau at least $20 million (£15 million). They also made a $26 million (£19.5 million) donation to charities, including children’s hospitals and food banks.

The wedding itself was officiated by actor and comedian Adam Sandler, who is legally ordained and whose daughters are huge Swifties. Kelce became friendly with Sandler on the set of his 2025 Netflix comedy Happy Gilmore 2. Apparently Sandler joked that he accepted the gig ‘in order to get both Travis and Taylor in one of his next movies’ or to negotiate a good price in case he ever produced a movie about their life and love.

The bride was dressed in Christian Dior haute couture, and flanked by her new nieces – the daughters of Kelce’s brother Jason and wife Kylie – who threw petals as she walked towards her groom to an instrumental version of her hit, Love Story.

There were no traditional bridesmaids. Instead Swift’s brother, Austin Swift, served as Taylor’s ‘man of honour’ while the groom’s brother Jason was his best man.

The vows, according to ABC anchor and former Bill Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, who spoke briefly as he left, were ‘everything you would hope for – real, vulnerable, serious and silly’. News website TMZ reported that the couple exchanged deeply personal vows from ‘little books’ in the stadium.

A guest tells me more prosaically: ‘The ceremony was really long. Taylor’s vows took around 20 minutes to make and it was the same again for Travis.’

What’s not known is that sadly most of the invited guests had to stand throughout. The source added: ‘There were only about 150 official seats which meant that about 800 people had to stand throughout the ceremony.

‘People were trying to reserve seats by throwing their jackets over them, but they got booted out of those seats by staff because those were reserved for the closest people.’

And then came the food and the partying – with dancing, a DJ and live music performances, including former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney singing I Want To Hold Your Hand.

A source said: ‘It was an amazing event but people couldn’t believe that the champagne ran out really early. That felt kind of astonishing.

‘There were also people who were surprised about the food. It was not great and served buffet-style with long lines if you wanted to eat.’

The source adds: ‘The problems were all because the wedding was so big. At a normal wedding, everyone knows the bride and groom, and you don’t have to stagger arrivals or queue for food because there aren’t 1,000 people.

‘Also, at a normal wedding people have a table to sit on and are then catered for. This was far more of a stadium vibe. People kind of felt like they existed to be Taylor’s audience on the day.’

One guest said that there was genuine excitement and surprise over the performance by Sir Paul McCartney, however. He and Taylor are big fans of each other’s work, and she is also close to his daughter, fashion designer Stella.

At one point Taylor’s groom Travis Kelce also got up to sing. ‘I think it was at Rod Stewart standard,’ says the guest. ‘It wasn’t quite at Macca’s level.’

It is reported that Travis and Taylor – never known for underplaying their cultural significance – are making a documentary about the big day, which will detail the wedding planning process from picking the flowers to how the event was organised backstage. This will be sent to every guest as a thank you for coming.

Whether it can erase those less delightful memories of food carts and lengthy queues remains to be seen.