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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_05B3_01BFAA50.9A792740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Shamelessly stolen from CNN.com: BIG PINE KEY, Florida (AP) -- A 17-year-old girl snorkeling for the = first time was almost killed when a needle-nosed houndfish jumped out of the = water in the Florida Keys and struck her in the neck. Stephanie Mittler was recovering Tuesday after emergency surgery to close her wounds and = remove two pieces of the fish's serrated bill, including one that came within a millimeter of her carotid artery. Stephanie, her sister Jennifer and a friend were snorkeling Sunday in = the waters of the Florida Keys. Stephanie was standing in chest-high water = when the fish jumped from the ocean and struck her in the neck. "Blood was just gushing from my neck," she said from her hospital bed, = her voice weak and raspy. "It was pretty scary." Jennifer and the friend surfaced and found Stephanie bleeding profusely. Thinking she had been attacked by a shark, the girls pushed Stephanie = onto their pontoon boat and hurried her to shore. She was then rushed to the hospital. Houndfish are related to needlefish, average between three and six = pounds and are feared by fishermen because they can leap from the water and = inflict stab wounds when startled. Laura Mittler, Stephanie's mother, said it is "ironic" her daughter was injured by a fish. "She hates seafood and she hates fish," Mittler said. "I told her the = fish gods have gotten back at her for hating them so much." Drew ------=_NextPart_000_05B3_01BFAA50.9A792740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Shamelessly stolen from CNN.com:<BR><BR><BR>BIG PINE KEY, Florida = (AP) -- A=20 17-year-old girl snorkeling for the first<BR>time was almost killed when = a=20 needle-nosed houndfish jumped out of the water<BR>in the Florida Keys = and struck=20 her in the neck. Stephanie Mittler was<BR>recovering Tuesday after = emergency=20 surgery to close her wounds and remove<BR>two pieces of the fish's = serrated=20 bill, including one that came within a<BR>millimeter of her carotid=20 artery.<BR><BR>Stephanie, her sister Jennifer and a friend were = snorkeling=20 Sunday in the<BR>waters of the Florida Keys. Stephanie was standing in=20 chest-high water when<BR>the fish jumped from the ocean and struck her = in the=20 neck.<BR><BR>"Blood was just gushing from my neck," she said = from her=20 hospital bed, her<BR>voice weak and raspy. "It was pretty=20 scary."<BR><BR>Jennifer and the friend surfaced and found Stephanie = bleeding profusely.<BR>Thinking she had been attacked by a shark, the = girls=20 pushed Stephanie onto<BR>their pontoon boat and hurried her to shore. = She was=20 then rushed to the<BR>hospital.<BR><BR>Houndfish are related to = needlefish,=20 average between three and six pounds<BR>and are feared by fishermen = because they=20 can leap from the water and inflict<BR>stab wounds when = startled.<BR><BR>Laura=20 Mittler, Stephanie's mother, said it is "ironic" her daughter=20 was<BR>injured by a fish.<BR><BR>"She hates seafood and she hates=20 fish," Mittler said. "I told her the fish<BR>gods have gotten = back at=20 her for hating them so much."<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS"=20 size=3D2>Drew</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_05B3_01BFAA50.9A792740-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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