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ABC (New York, New York) 13 May 08 Man saves kids, but left critical after coral snake bite (Don Germaise)
Spring Hill, FL.: A Spring Hill man is in serious condition after being biten by a coral snake. Sheriff's deputies say he was trying to get the snake away from his children.
According to a police report, Angel Elder saw her two children playing in the yard with a snake on Sunday. She told her husband, who got the kids away from the reptile.
Then Jonathan Elder picked up the snake to move it to a field away from his house. Sheriff's deputies say the snake bit Elder twice. Elder put the snake in a fish tank with a cover.
Elder eventually became very ill and was rushed to the hospital. The snake turned out to be a highly venemous coral snake. A handler came and removed the snake.
Angel told deputies her 36 year old husband was very ill and needed the help of an intubator to breathe.
Coral snakes are very colorful, known for their yellow, red and black bands.
Man saves kids, but left critical after coral snake bite

does it help someone breath? perhaps he needed to be intubated and put on a ventolator. Comments like this make the person who is being quoted and teh newspaper look like idiots. "my kids were playing with it so I got them away from the snake and then decided I might as well play with it too" is what should have been said.
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