READ MORE: UK beaches on alert as Brits stung by tiny but 'excruciatingly painful' fishAfter a brief struggle, Jameson Jr was able to make it back to the boat but his leg was in tatters.
His distressed family managed to flag down a boat which luckily had a nurse on it to begin life-saving treatment. But it soon became clear Jameson Jnr's life would only be saved at great cost.
A tourniquet was wrapped around his wounds to stop the bleeding at sea and he was taken to the Nicklaujs Children's Hospital in Miami by helicopter.
Documenting the traumatic incident in a Facebook post, his uncle Joshua Reeder said: "They were out on a boat snorkelling along a shallow reef when a very traumatic event occurred and my nephew Jameson jr.
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