LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. – An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest similar to the accident that ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. – An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said. "It was ...

James Bertakis tried to swat a stingray away after it flopped onto his boat Wednesday. For his trouble, the 3-foot-wide ray stung him, leaving a barb in his chest that eventually lodged in his heart.

LIGHTHOUSE POINT -- An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest similar to the accident that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lighthouse Point, Fla. – An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. – An 81-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest similar to the accident that ...

A Lighthouse Point man underwent open-heart surgery late Wednesday after he was stabbed in the chest by a spotted eagle ray that leapt onto his boat, his family said. The accident occurred while ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT — Doctors pulled a 2 1/2-inch stingray barb from James Bertakis’ heart early Thursday morning, but the 81-year-old man’s condition remained perilous. After five hours of surgery, ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT -- An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said. "It was a ...

LIGHTHOUSE POINT -- An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said. "It was a ...