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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

Good samaritan who helped 9-year-old after shark attack now detained by ICE — facing possible deportation

A good samaritan who sprang into action to help save a nine-year-old girl after a shark attack in Florida is now being held by ICE agents and is at risk of being deported.

Luis Alvarez, 31, was one of several men who intervened in the incident, in Boca Grande, in which the child was attacked by a suspected Bull shark while snorkeling near to the shore.

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