Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband drifted over a large alligator, Florida officials said.

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Image via Shutterstock In a tragic turn of events, an alligator has snatched a woman out of her canoe and mauled her to death. All of this happened in front of her horrified but helpless husband. The two had been canoeing on a lake in Florida.