The barb of the animal sank a few inches into Kristie Cataffo-O’Brien’s back, barely missing her lungs, WFLA-TV reported. Cataffo-O’Brien, of Tampa, was visiting Bahia Beach in Ruskin, located about ...

"It was super, super painful," Kristie Cataffo-O’Brien said after the stingray incident Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...

BAHIA BEACH, Fla. -- A relaxing day at a Florida beach turned nearly catastrophic last week when a beachgoer was impaled by a venomous stingray. Kristie Cataffo-O'Brien was cooling off in knee-deep ...

RUSKIN, Fla. - A sunny day at the beach turned into a week-long hospital stay for an Apollo Beach woman after she was punctured in the back on Tuesday by a stingray's venomous spine. Kristie O'Brien ...

"It was super, super painful," Kristie Cataffo-O’Brien said after the stingray incident A Florida woman is recovering after a venomous stingray impaled her back — narrowly missing her lungs — while ...