The article mentions 100 deaths per year...this occurrence took only four days (or less) to become fatal.
Victoria Advocate article
On the morning after Independence Day, Gary Evans and his wife sat at Magnolia Beach and laughed over cups of coffee.
Their campsite, near the fishing pier, was quiet, unlike the day before, when family came down for an ideal holiday celebration.
"He was in his element there ... around everything he loved most his friends, his family, his crabbing on the water," said his wife, Debbie Mattix, 60. "But on Saturday morning, he couldn't walk. That is how quick it hit."
Evans died at 56 years old Monday from an apparent flesh-eating bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis, four days after his wife said he contracted Vibrio bacteria at Magnolia Beach.
Victoria Advocate article
On the morning after Independence Day, Gary Evans and his wife sat at Magnolia Beach and laughed over cups of coffee.
Their campsite, near the fishing pier, was quiet, unlike the day before, when family came down for an ideal holiday celebration.
"He was in his element there ... around everything he loved most his friends, his family, his crabbing on the water," said his wife, Debbie Mattix, 60. "But on Saturday morning, he couldn't walk. That is how quick it hit."
Evans died at 56 years old Monday from an apparent flesh-eating bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis, four days after his wife said he contracted Vibrio bacteria at Magnolia Beach.
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