." ♪ this over here, is richard wilbanks richard was taking his 3-month-old puppy, gunner, for a walkan alligator leaped out of the pond and grabbed the puppy in its jaws and pulled it under water. so richard did what any of us would do in that situation, he jumped into the pond, pried the alligator's jaws open, and saved his puppy's life take a look. >> seth: that man pried open an >> seth: that man pried open an alligator's jaws with his bare hands. do you know how strong you have to be to pry open an alligator's jaws i don't, but i know i can barely pry open a stapler when i finally do, all the staplers -- all the staples go flying and the stapler, it is a mess not for me, for my staff [ laughter ] but still, you feel guilty you close the door this is the kind of story we need right now usually when someone asks, "did you hear what happened in florida? your first thought is, "oh, no, did another pelican steal a retiree's mobility scooter and lead the police on a high speed chase before crashing into a wendy's drive-thru?" but not this time, this time the story is the absolute best

richard wilbanks joins me right now. how's gunner doing? >> oh, he's doing fantastic, chris. he is just a wonderful little king charles cavalier puppy that's just playful and loving and just sleepy right now. >> so good for him and boy, what an owner. let me ask you something. see the gator snatch the puppy. happens all the time where you live. did you even -- did you even hesitate before saying i'm going into the water to get that thing back? >> no. i just -- it was just reaction. when the alligator grabbed gunnar and was swimming off in the pond with him i just jumped right in and was hoping i could get hold of the alligator and finally did and got him up to the bank and wrestled his mouth open and got this little beautiful little dog out. >> did he bite you? >> did he bite you? >> yes. the alligator bit me. i had some wounds on my hands. i got a tetanus shot and came home and put some super gloou in some cuts and put emback together. >> who is filming you? who is videoing this happen? >> the federation. >> we work in conjunction with the wild life federation here. we're fo

richard wilbanks got his wounds cleaned up. his hands are healed.needs to get him another cigar, guys. >> ali just texted me and said she would do that for cooper. >> i would too, but depending on how big the alligator was. >> that size? >> definitely. >> oh, wow. >>> coming up next, the news from last night's american music awards. mplgt comi . >>> coming up next, the news from last night's american music awards. last night's american music awards. you really did me a solid with that "maya markdown" on my insurance. here's the deal maya, state farm offers everyone surprisingly great rates. right. no really. there's no markdowns, just great rates. pull around back in 20 minutes. i'll hook you up with the good parts. when you want the real deal... like a good neighbor. state farm is there. black friday into deals for days. starting wed 11/25 shop online only and score deals like a $299 nintendo switch bundle with mario kart. let's end the year saving bigger. ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your experiences one's for you. even better...

richard wilbanks, happy thanksgiving. i know gun every will have one. >> happy thanksgiving to the world. >> all right. you know that i like that i did that on your watch. you know you wanted every piece of that guy on your watch. >> i know you like to fashion yourself a tough guy and man, you would have loved that to be you and someone goes -- >> it would not have been me. >> i got to tell you -- >> it would not be me. >> lots of gators. we don't like to mess with those gators. they're like sleeping dogs. . you just let them lie. when you got a dog and a gator coming together and the gator's trying to eat the going, that's what -- we chomp them gators down in louisiana at lsu. >> maybe on the football fields. you got two rescues you love, i've got the three dogs. >> can you imagine? >> owe know what it makes to go under the water where the alligator is with the puppy. i'd like to think i would. but i don't know. >> i know you -- i know you -- i don't think -- i know that you don't but i'll tell you like this. whenever yo

snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, or a puppy from the jaws of an alligator, here is richard wilbanks caught on camera by the florida wildlife federation plunging into a pond to rescue his puppy from senate alligator. he risked life and limb at prying the helpless mutt out of the mouth of the scaling monster, without even losing his smoke. i'm sure when most people in the media saw this they thought, he might have saved that baby but his smoking is no example for our youth. i wonder who he voted for? but rich doesn't even break a sweat or lose his ash, he deserves the enemy, not cuomo. so this is not animals are great, it's more like humans are great, but what could this be an analogy for? is wilbanks a metaphor for america trying to wrestle a stolen election back from a swamp? or, is it trump trying to snatch america back from the jaws of media elites? they are kind of reptilian, now that i think about it. or is the canine actually joe biden and the reptile the far left democrats which is why we must keep the senate, or joe, that sad puppy, maybe eaten alive? where the puppy is just

richard wilbanks of estero, florida, was sitting outside, enjoying the sun, when he heard his new puppyl alligator dragging the puppy into the water. let's look at this. so, without thinking, wilbanks jumps into the water, wrestles the gator to free gunner, is the name of the puppy. that's his 3-year-old cavalier will charles. wilbanks said it happened so fast, instinct took over. look, gunner gets away from the alligator, runs off. wilbanks participates in a program that puts cameras on private land to document wildlife, and this incident happened in late october, but the footage wasn't discovered until the camera's memory card was collected. gunner is recovering from a puncture wound and wilbanks has a few cuts on his hand, but they're all going to be okay. and it's worth pointing out, he didn't even drop his cigar that entire time. glad everyone came out okay. >>> here is a story about going with the flow. ufc fighter mike perry was walking into his saturday bout when an unexpected song started blaring from the loudspeakers. it was not his first choice of pump-up music. we can hear a

richard wilbanks spoke to "good morning america" about how all of this went down. >> just came out fromnder the water like a missile coming out. grabbed on him, went back into the water. it all happened so fast. it was just reaction and, you know, adrenaline. >> he's now on a leash all the time. >> she said we're not going to have this again. >> so the dog, you can see there, gunner, was able to just run off eventually and only had a single puncture wound. this is like -- >> this is good florida. >> this is like top -- this is florida on so many different levels. this is really florida. the alligator, that man with that cigar in his mouth not bothered. it's just florida. >> that's what i noticed. he's got the cigar in his mouth the whole time. he was locked in on what he was doing, wasn't he? >> yes, he was. >> wow. >> i really like ep >> that's not really florida. >> you can see all the countries. >> i thought you would go to wild kingdom or. >> disney's animal kingdom, mike. >> thank you. animal kingdom. let's go down to san jose where it's a little fuzzy this morning. they get a litt

richard wilbanks seen wrestling with the reptile in waist deep water and keeping a lit cigar in his mouths us now. tell us your story. what an amazing video. >> good morning. we were just out for a sunday morning stroll walking by the edge of the pond. all of a sudden an alligator came out from under the water and grabbed gunner and had him back in the water and swimming off with him. i just jumped in and got ahold of the alligator and drug him up to the bank and pride his jaws open and got gunner out. >> sandra: what i thought was amazing was that this video. it wasn't taken by your wife or family member or friend. it was the florida wildlife federation, you and others in your communication allowed the cameras to go up on the land to document animals and other wildlife and so they went back to look at the video and there you were fighting an alligator. >> that's correct. that's correct. >> sandra: amazing. you are a hero. how are you doing? how did you come out of that? a few scrapes we're told. >> i had a few little puncture wounds on my hand. after i got gunner out of the alligators mou

richard wilbanks of florida was apparently sitting outside enjoying the sun when he heard his puppy cryan alligator dragging it into the water. without thinking, he jumped into the water and wrestled the gator to free gunner, his 3-month-old cavalier king charles. wilbanks told our nbc ft. myers affiliate it took place so fast. the incident happened in late october. but the footage wasn't discovered until the camera's memory card was collected. we're told that gunner is recovering from a puncture wound to the belly and wilbanks has a few cuts on his hand. see, joe, you would do something like this. >> this is what happens. >> if it happened to hopson. >> it's what you do. sometimes we just go in there for the sport of it all. >> little puppy. >> you get bored on a saturday afternoon, your kids are playing fortnite, you go -- >> i love that the cigar is in his mouth and he doesn't drop it. florida man. >> it's what you do. >>> this piece of news is for you. the california fast food chain in and out opened the first ever location in colorado and it caused a frenzy. i hope it was socially