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A father is in the hospital after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria while on a family fishing trip in Florida on Aug. 23

Ben West has been infected with Vibrio vulnificus, according to a GoFundMe page and an interview his family members gave to local media outlet WJHG

"We never would have believed he would be on death's doorstep," West's fiancée Janie Knowles shared on the fundraiser

A Florida man is fighting for his life in the hospital after becoming infected with flesh-eating bacteria on a family fishing trip.

Ben West, 38, contracted the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus while fishing for crab and mullet with his family in Port St. Joe on Aug. 23, according to a GoFundMe page and an interview his family members gave to local media outlet WJHG .

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