PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) - A Panama City family is coping with the death of a family member who contracted Vibrio Vulnificus, also known as a flesh-eating bacteria. 78-year-old Alan Kidd passed away on Sunday.

He is the fifth person to die from the disease in Florida this year and the second from Bay County.

"He was just the best. He was all about family. He was all about giving. He was just a really good person," Alan's daughter, Susan McNiel, said.

Kidd had joined his family for their annual summer trip to St. George Island. On July 15th, some of them were fishing on the bay side of St. George Island near the state park.

"We were wade fishing that morning, and he had this little tiny cut on his leg, and so did I. And I didn't get anything. We were all in the water. The water really w

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