brilliant. shepard: yeah, everybody seemed to laugh it off. local chamber of commerce slammed those folks on facebook saying they are lucky they got away because the bison, well, it s big. the florida teenager who had his arm bitten off in an alligator attack back in july says is he getting used to his new prosthetic arm it helps him open water bottles, grab different items and even weld. a couple of months ago the teen fought off a gator while swimming in a river in southwest florida. wildlife officials later found his arm inside that gator intact. but mangled to the degree that they couldn t reattach it. trace gallagher with the news. is he live with us tonight. bionic arm. brand new technology. fred langdale is first in the world to get this thing.
not exactly the $6 million man. it runs $80,000 which was donated. interesting because the arm uses censors to control movements and each finger has its own motor that allows to you grip in a natural way. can he actually grab an egg. can he hold a styrofoam cup of coffee and at the same time he could crush a beer can. it s tough to get the hang of it but apparently so far so good. listen. i m able to multitask, close a car door and being able to grab stuff while holding something. in fact, the sensors on the hand are so good that at some point in time fred langdale will be able to type on a keyboard with that hand, shep. shepard: that s incredible. i remember when this happened he said to the reporter i will get back in the river but he can t swim with this thing, can he. no. and he did say that he getting out of the water but yes he cannot swim with this thing. it is electronic. it has some sensors in there
but because he loves the water so much, you sought pictures. the thing has a camouflage water design on it that fred langdale loves. his mother says when she first saw this arm it had her son written all over it listen to her. as soon as the hand come in and it was camouflage i knew that was all fred. that s exactly him. that fit him to a tee. i know now not really slowed him down much but he is going to be back to hunting and, you know, wake boarding and all the things he loves to do. and, remember he said that he is grabbed the gator grabbed his right arm so he can drive his air boat with left arm. now he can dirt doo it with either arm. shepard: trace gallagher, thanks. the u.s. coast guard rescued a father and son from sinking plane. federal investigators say the single engine cessna went down off the coast of monterrey after its engine stalled and emergency alert beacon sent a distress call to the coast guard. the feds say the landed in a
trace galler with more from the breaking news desk. reporter: experts say it is alligator mating season. any slash in the water is considered prey for them. these kids grew up in the air area. they know all about alligators. this one kind of came out of nowhere and went directly after 17-year-old, kaleb fred langdale. listen. he said, fred, gator was coming at him on top of the water. as fast as he would paddle back and forth he was coming. reporter: the 17-year-old punched gator. it be grabbed his arm and took him under for the death spiral. he thrashed around and came up knew his arm was gone. listen again. been around alligators. he knows if he offers him arm won t take the torso. he was smart and took the risk. reporter: yeah, paramedics arrived and took fred langdale to the hospital. the trappers came out to try to find the gator to find