ABC13's Art Rascon returns to work after snake bite

Tuesday, October 18, 2016
ABC13's Art Rascon returns to work after snake bite.
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- ABC13's Art Rascon is back behind the anchor desk, just one day after he was the victim of a copperhead snake bite.

Art is back at work!

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Rascon says he was bitten by a copperhead snake after he stepped outside in his bare feet.

A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK
A venomous snake bit Art Rascon in the foot today outside his home.KTRK


"I was in my front yard, and I just went out to the car," Rascon says. "I was getting something out of the trunk, and I was bit."
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ABC13's Art Rascon in the hospital after copperhead snake bite
The Eyewitness News anchor had just stepped outside when the venomous snake bit down into his foot


Although he's still in pain, that wasn't enough to keep him away from work!
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