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Frank "Alligator" Robb talks about his road to recovery after heart surgery and love of Chicago at CrocFest at the Tampa Zoo. (Mark Konkol/ Patch)
TAMPA — A security guard clearly didn't recognize Frank Robb as the Chicago celebrity famous for rescuing an interloping alligator known as Chance the Snapper from the city's Humboldt Park lagoon.
Down at the Tampa Zoo, Alligator Robb — as he is known back in my hometown — was just another Floridian violating the no-shirt, no-shoes walking around the Tampa Zoo policy.
"Sir, you can't be barefoot at the zoo," the guard said, sternly.
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