Discovery Cove
- On January 29, 2009, a 59-year-old man from Sale, Greater Manchester, England, died having cut his toe on coral while swimming with fish. The victim, a hemophiliac, was diagnosed with septic shock and organ failure, and doctors amputated both legs below the knee to stay infections. The coroner ruled the death "accidental", due to group B streptococcal septicaemia.
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