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The first recorded call made to emergency services after two-year-old Lane Graves was snatched by an alligator begins with the desperate pleas of a hysterical woman.

The New York Post reported the unknown woman frantically begged the operator for assistance even though she wasn’t witness to the event.

Watch the chilling confirmation of when the body of the little boy was found.

“Please come to the Grand Floridian, please. Someone drowned in the — in the — Seven Seas Lagoon Lake!” she said.

The call was made from the Beach Pool at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa that borders on the lagoon where Graves was taken, and later drowned.

The 911 operator asked the woman to get closer to the incident and call back.

“Do you have a cellphone that you can call from and go by where they’re at and give me more information?” the operator said.

Wreaths laid at the lagoon. Source: Getty Images/Spencer Platt.

The woman agreed but no further call was required as authorities were said to have already arrived.

“Okay, just give me a second, I will call you back and tell you more,” she said.

Authorities believe the woman may work at the pool bar but the information is yet to be confirmed.

The released call was the second made to authorities but the only one to be recorded.

The first call was made by automatically by the lagoon lifeguard stand when the attendant went to assist the child at 9:15 pm.

Reedy Creek Fire Department spokesperson Bo Jones told ABC News it took authorities less than four minutes to arrive after the initial call.

One of the newly erected signs. Source: Getty Images/Spencer Platt.

The lagoon where the Nebraskan boy was taken had multiple "no swimming" signs but none that alerted visitors to the presence of alligators.

It was reported that Disney was aware of the alligators prior to last week's attack.

The release of the phone call comes after the parents of the boy asked for privacy to grieve in a statement released on Saturday.

Lane's father Matt Graves said his wife Melissa and the rest of his family were unable to speak publicly about the incident.

“Neither Melissa, myself or anyone from our family will be speaking publicly; we simply cannot at this time,” he said.

The parents said they were "overwhelmed" with the "support and love" they had received in the wake of the tragedy, KETV reported.

Warning signs that alert visitors to the alligator presence have now been placed in several areas around the lake.

Feature Image via: KTLA/Twitter.

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