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Virginia teacher and pastor Derek Michael D’Arcy contracted the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus after wading in calf-high water during a family trip to Virginia Beach

The bacteria entered through a cut on his leg, his wife Joyce D’Arcy told 13 News Now

D’Arcy had his legs amputated due to necrotizing fasciitis, but he died less than 13 days after contracting the bacteria due to the infection spreading throughout his body

A Virginia father and pastor died less than two weeks after being exposed to the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus while wading in calf-deep water on a family trip.

“Virginia Beach was our absolutely favorite place to go, so it's just so sad that the best place that we had is where he got sick,” Joyce D’Arcy told 13 News Now . Her h

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