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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) - A 71-year-old Florida man is lucky to be alive after an alligator attack turned a quiet night of fishing into a fight for his life. James Grayson McMicken, 71, says it was just a routine night last Friday when he took his bulldog out, grabbed his fishing pole and made one cast into the canal behind his North Fort Myers home. That’s when an alligator attacked. “I started reeling, and it jumped out of the water and grabbed me,” McMicken said.

A 71-year-old man used a fishing pole to fight off an alligator that jumped out of the water and attacked him.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii Island (HawaiiNewsNow) - As Fourth of July celebrations took place Saturday, 10,000 rubber ducks raced through the lake at Kings’ Shops in Waikoloa. The 34th annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race returned this year, with the community fundraising supporting the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Fourth of July celebrations kicked off in Kailua Saturday morning for the 77th annual Independence Day Parade. Over 250 marchers, 45 vehicles, 20 floats, three bands, Gov. Josh Green and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi marched the one-mile path to Kailua Intermediate School. Crowds lined Kainalu Drive to check out the colorful floats, classic cars and marching bands. “Everyone’s gathered here. This is Kailua.

OWOSSO, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Authorities in Michigan say a father drowned after he and his 8-year-old son tried to swim across a lake at a campground. Shiawassee County deputies say a 42-year-old man went swimming with his 8-year-old son around 5 p.m. Thursday at a campground in Owosso Township. The pair tried to swim across the lake and made it halfway before the father realized he couldn’t finish the swim, according to deputies. Nearby campers heard the father and son yelling for help.

As the United States celebrated the country's 250th birthday, the events faced some big challenges.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A crash has shut down the H-1 Freeway westbound in Honolulu Saturday. The crash happened at around 6:30 p.m. near the Aala Street overpass. The city said via HNL Alert that westbound lanes of the freeway near the Aala Street overpass are closed and access is restricted to emergency vehicles only. Officials said those on the H-1 West are being diverted off the roadway at the North School Street cutoff.

A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city’s July Fourth fireworks show.

LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state has selected a contractor to build a monument to remember the 1924 Battle of Hanapepe, which was instrumental in shaping Hawaii’s labor rights. The Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) announced it selected Pacific Blue Construction LLC to build the memorial at the Hanapepe Filipino and Portuguese Cemetery. DAGS said the memorial will consist of two concrete columns with a gap between them, representing the two sides of the conflict.

NEW YORK (AP) - A fire broke out on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York during the city’s July Fourth fireworks show, spreading flames and setting off a plume of smoke before firefighters extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported. Two fire engines were used to put out the blaze, the city’s fire department said. Firefighters were seen dousing the flames shortly before 10 p.m. on the bridge, which had been closed to traffic during the show.