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The grief-stricken boyfriend who desperately tried to save Florida hiker Brittany Clark from the killer jaws of a massive alligator that ripped her arms apart said she didn\u2019t deserve to die in such a horrific way.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m just still in disbelief of what took place. We had so many things planned out and memories to be made,\u201d the 31-year-old victim\u2019s boyfriend, Chance Allison, wrote in an emotional Facebook post Wednesday \u2014 which included an array of photos of them together.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were such a special person and did not deserve to go out in such a way. I love you and don\u2019t worry about shady and hokie I\u2019ll take care of them forever,\u201d he said about Clark\u2019s cat and dog.<\/p>\n

Allison, 30, explained that he\u2019s working on arranging a \u201ccelebration of life\u201d in her honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso thank you everyone for all the kind messages,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey really have helped me hold together just as much as I\u2019m falling apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allison desperately fought to wrench Clark from the 13-foot gator after it clamped its jaws onto her while the couple and her roommate, Jayden Hernandez, were swimming in the Econlockhatchee River at Little Big Econ State Forest in Seminole County on Sunday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Shocking audio from the frantic 911 call obtained by The Post revealed details of the horror attack, with a woman describing Clark\u2019s injuries as \u201chorrible,\u201d adding that \u201cone of her arms is completely off and the other one is like attached barely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clark can be heard crying in the background, as the dispatcher asks if her detached arm can be found.<\/p>\n

The Orlando victim, a bulldozer operator, died on the way to the hospital from \u201cmultiple blunt force injuries of the upper extremities,\u201d according to a medical examiner report obtained by The Times.<\/p>\n

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that Clark did not appear to have done anything \u201cmalicious\u201d to provoke the alligator, and had been swimming in \u201cabout three feet of water\u201d at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 13-foot alligator found at the incident location, and a 12.5-foot alligator half a mile away were captured and killed,\u201d the FWC said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSamples from the alligators have been collected and the FWC\u2019s investigation into this incident remains active.\u201d<\/p>\n

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