A 31-year-old Florida woman died after an alligator bit off one of her arms and mauled the other at a state park near Orlando, authorities and a 911 call revealed Monday.

The victim had been hiking with her boyfriend and her best friend on Sunday in the Little Big Eco State Forest when they waded into the Econlockhatchee River to cool off, Grant Eller, lieutenant with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said.

They were kneeling in 3-feet-deep water when the alligator suddenly attacked at around 1:30 p.m. and bit her arms, Eller said.

The boyfriend was still “trying to get her arms away from the alligator’s mouth” when he called 911 for help, Eller said.

In a recording of the 911 call obtained by NBC News, screams and crying can be heard in the background as what sounds like a female on the phone line tells the emergency dispatcher, “Okay, both her arms, both her arms, both her arms are off, like basically.”

The dispatcher tells her that help is on the way and asks “does she still have her arms attached to her.”

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