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fair. runs about a week. rides, hog races, an alligator show, there's a milking competition. big long border joined at the hip. a few years ago, oklahoma issued some official advise. oklahoma just emerged from an especially grisly botch execution. afr that dor which was a terrible doral and got them a lot of national attention because it went to terribly wrong, the state did a review. they looked into what had gone wrong. and they came out with a couple recommended fixes, for example, the state said it would be better to have a system of communications established new england staff during the execution since the one they sort of mac gooifrd during the botched execution literally involved a code where staff would push different colored pencils through holes in a wall in order to signal different
oklahoma and arkansas share a long border just shy of 200 miles. oklahoma to the west, arkansas to the east. as you move along the border, there are parts of oklahoma and arkansas that kind of blend together, whether you are in westville or summers or remy or dora or octavia, as you hop across one side of the border to the other, it's hard to see where one state begins and one state ends. they share that border. they share the arkansas river. they even share a fair. it's the arkansas-oklahoma state fair. runs about a week. rides, hog races, an alligator show, there's a milking competition.
runs about a week. rides, hog races, an alligator show, there's a milking competition. big long border joined at the hip. a few years ago, oklahoma issued some official advise. oklahoma just emerged from an especially grisly botched execution. after that doral which was a terrible doral and got them a lot of national attention because it went to terribly wrong, the state did a review. they looked into what had gone wrong. and they came out with a couple recommended fixes, for example, the state said it would be better to have a system of communications established new england staff during the execution since the one they sort of mac gooifrd during the botched execution literally
in just a few hours, she'll be performing her final alligator show before maternity leave. >> how are the alligators looking today? >> the pit looks great. these alligators are wild. but they know that we use them. >> a lot of alligators in florida. florida is the only place in the world that has both alligators and crocodiles. >> reporter: it's the off season, but a small crowd gathers to watch her extreme stunt. the extreme dangers are ever present. >> i have to go in with bob or jeff or tim. i need to know that they're going to do whatever it takes if i get bitten to make sure that i'm as safe as possible. >> casper had a white tint to him from a vitamin deficiency. >> she gets into the water and comes face to face with the wild
bad mistake e had a bad day. he's a professional but looking at it i think he didn't take his time, it looked like he rushed it a little bit. he was handling a pretty aggressive alligator. it's very technical handling alligators, people don't understand that every show could be your last. i think this guy might have figured this out after this bite. martha: you've been bitten too. what were different about the circumstances, what could you tell about what this guy did wrong based on what happened to you? >> every day is different. i was a little damaged and hurt going into the day. it was 105 degrees. there are always factors involved when you're doing an alligator show. there's weather, people. he might have just had a bad day, i'm not sure. from what i saw he just didn't take his time. he kind of rushed him a little bit, his jump was off. you can't afford that to happen if you're a professional alligator handler. it's devastating and you saw what happened. martha: obviously they want to show the algate tpher a wil