A Virginia Beach getaway turned tragic for a Tampa couple after a man died just 13 days after contracting a rare but aggressive infection from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh‑eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters.
Derek Michael D’Arcy, a 64-year-old pastor and painter, waded into calf‑deep water at the beach while having a cut on his leg, his wife, Joyce, told WTSP.
