A guest at a reptile center in West Valley City, Utah jumped into an enclosure to rescue an animal trainer who was pulled in by an alligator at a children’s birthday party on Aug. 14, in a shocking video that was captured by the guest's wife.

The video shows the reptile center employee attempting to guide the gator back into the water tank after it jumped to the platform. She signs a command for the alligator. The reptile then grabs her hand and begins pulling her into the tank.

Donnie Wiseman then jumps into the tank to wrestle the instructor’s hand away from the alligator’s jaws with the assistance of another guest. The handler remained calm as she directed the guest on what to do until they were both free.

The staff member was taken to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, according to local media reports.

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