Crocodile Attack: Gallery of images. Jun 2021 - July 2022

Gallery 1: Images from night of attack. Many of leg during surgery. Note: graphic images.

Paparazzi shot - screen grab

Paparazzi Shot

Shock Room

Image from OR

OR image

Surgery

Miraculous, 2 arteries intact

Dirty wound. Miraculously 2 arteries intact.

In Surgery

Foot, in Surgery

Johnny in Waiting Room

Out of Surgery

A few hours after surgery

2 fractures - 1 on tibia (lower right) is where croc tooth entered bone

One of many Mexican news reports

Gallery 2: Images taken night of attack, and recent days after.

Croc who attacked, still hanging out around 1 am that night

Overview of the pool/lagoon

Rescuers would have run from Bodega (behind) to deck (ahead)

One sign saying no swimming/diving.

Day after. Stairs where boys were sitting. No signage.

Directly under the stairs/hose is where crocs nest.

Day after. Stairs where boys were sitting. No signage.

Under deck (buoy) is where crocs nest. Notice latch/pin closure.

Stairs/gate, next morning.

Image taken following week. Showing a croc at 9pm ish.

Images taken from restaurant, following week. Crocs circling.

Image taken following week. The X is assumed position of boys.

Friday night chocolate fondue tower

View from restaurant overlooking the lagoon.

View of dock and restaurant from hotel rooms.

Gallery 3: Images taken during our month long Cancun stay while Charlie was in hospital.

Charlie watching TV from hospital bed.

Wound vac.

Charlie in wheelchair, about week 2.

Charlie :)

Wound around week 3.

Headed to hyperbaric chamber.

Hyperbaric chamber.

Watching Back to the Future in hyperbaric.

Picture Charlie drew for hyperbaric nurse.

"I win."

Pictures taken from Bodega, where crocs visit around 9pm nightly.

Crocs come to the glass barrier at Bodega.

Crocs outside Bodega jump up & bang their nose on the glass.

Someone's social media post 6 months prior.

Marc took a picture of the stick the Bodega staff used to push the crocs away. It disappeared after the attack.

The Club Med beach with Johnny

Monse and me, on our last night.

Gallery 4: Images leaving hospital and back in Philly

Heading home via ambulance to airport

Hero send off for Cyrus

Back in Philly. We cleaned wound ourselves every night.

CKB: Charlie Kai Buhl

Charlie opening Cyrus's gift: a compass

Cryrus's note

We fought a crocodile and we won. Your friend for life. Cyrus 6-18-21

On your adventures...

God will always guide your way. (But a compass may come in handy.)

2.5 months out. Still slight open wound.

Staples removed. 3m out.

Early September. No staples. Still a couple scabs.

Gallery 5: Images taken March 23, 2022

Gallery 6: Image taken Jun 22, 2022

VARIOUS VIDEO:

Jun 18, 1h post attack. Paparazzi Video. Arriving at hospital.

Same paparazzi video can also be seen here: https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/06/20/minor-attacked-by-a-crocodile-in-cancun-loses-his-leg/

Jun 20. Video of overview of pool, dock and lagoon.

Jun 19. Video of area morning after. Pool on right, lagoon on left. No visible signage.

Jun 19. Morning after attack. Video of dock area. No visible signage.

Jun 19. Cryrus accounting the previous night drama.

Jun 19 1am. Marc Ackermann video of 1am same night of attack. Croc still circling.

Jun 19, 5am. Post first surgery. Video from doctors.

Jun 19, 6am. Charlie post surgery 1. Video cuts off due to vomiting. Frequently post surgical assessment/cleaning, Charlie was screaming at the top of his lungs for 15-20 minutes, through the hospital walls, with me (mama) trying to comfort him. The pain prior to pain meds was intense.

Jun 19, noontime. Charlie, morning after, discusses “wide open” gate with his grandpoppi.

Aug 2021. Leg after about 2 months, cleaning it nightly ourselves.

July 2022. Johnny talks about his nightmares.

July 2022. Over 1 year later, Charlie limping after “a long day.” This happens always after “a long day.”