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A Florida man did not hesitate to jump into an alligator-inhabited lake to rescue an injured bald eagle, footage from Saturday, April 19, shows. This footage captured by Diane Hay shows her husband, Doug Hay, swimming with the bald eagle in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Doug told https://www.fox13news.com/news/sarasota-county-man-dives-lake-save-eagle-this-is-symbol-america-man local news that he and Diane were sitting in their living room when they heard a crash. Doug saw one eagle in the water and another one circling above the lake, suspecting that the two were fighting moments prior. Doug, nearly 70 years old, was able to successfully retrieve the eagle from the water and bring it to land. The eagle was then transferred to the Wildlife Center of Southwest Florida in Venice, who said that the eagle was injured but stable, https://www.fox13news.com/news/sarasota-county-man-dives-lake-save-eagle-this-is-symbol-america-man local news reported . Doug said in a https://www.facebook.com/doug.hay.3979/videos/647488364797383?comment_id=995422005641284&reply_comment_id=722268026792097 Facebook comment that the lake is home to an alligator named Snoop. According to a https://www.fox13news.com/news/sarasota-county-man-dives-lake-save-eagle-this-is-symbol-america-man local report, the eagle had an "open hole" near its thoracic cavity and would need weeks to recover from the wound. (Footage by Diane Hay/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)