Alaska bear mauling victim recounts ordeal

By Rachel D'oro
Published June 15, 2012 6:29pm ET
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Alaska bear mauling victim recounts ordeal
RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT LOCATION - In this photo taken in July 2011, bear mauling victim Ben Radakovich stands in front of some peaks south of Anchorage, Alaska, that he was hoping to climb before the attack by the grizzly Sunday left him with a shredded back and neck lacerations. The 30-year-old resident of the Anchorage, Alaska, suburb of Eagle River was rescued almost two hours after he scrambled 30 feet up a tree. (AP Photo/Jason Hlasny) | Jason Hiasny

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The grizzly bear sank its teeth into Ben Radakovich’s back, at one point lifting him from the ground and shaking him hard as it mauled him on an Alaska trail.

The 30-year-old man recalled that as the enraged bear with a young cub pounced, he had no time to fear death: just a split second to yell and step back.

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