Luis Alvarez was arrested on June 14, days after he helped Leah Lendel and her family during a shark attack in Boca Grande.

Luis Alvarez, the hero who saved a little girl from a shark attack in Boca Grande, now finds himself facing deportation. The ...

On the same day as the Nantucket incident, a 40-year-old surfer named Matthew Bender of Winter Park, Florida, was attacked by ...

Luis Omar Alvarez, 31, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at the Collier County Jail since his June 15 ...

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (WBBH) – A man who is credited with saving a 9-year-old girl when she was bitten by a shark is now facing deportation. Leah Lendel, 9, was bitten by a shark in Boca Grande, Florida, ...

Leah Lendel, 9, was bitten by a shark in Boca Grande, Florida, last month. Her hand was seriously injured – nearly taken off – and a group of three men ran into the bloody water to save her.