undergoing surgery for the bite, which was so powerful that it broke the leg bone below the knee.
Good grief! That is incredible!
My wife lived in AK for 16 years and worked for the Alaskan Native corporation (Hospital). She was a surg/med purchaser and has told me all of the times that she has had to buy bone screws/parts for facial reconstruction/etc as a result of bear attacks.
The really bad ones get patched up and sent to Seattle.