On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.

time2lose@lemmy.world · 9 days ago

On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan.

stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 2 days ago

This still astounds me

Very, very few Aussies have seen this snake, let alone been bitten by the thing. I’m one of the lucky few. But on this particular day, when air travel was banned and the worst ever terrorist attack occurred, someone not in Australia gets tagged by one of our rarest and most isolated venomous snakes.

This day, the day a fierce snake actually gets to bite someone.