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1. Body of toddler dragged into water by an alligator at a Disney resort found.
Police have recovered the body of a two-year-old boy snatched by an alligator at a Disney resort. The horrific incident took place in Orlando Florida where the family, from Nebraska were holidaying.
“There is no question we will lose the 2-year-old child,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said earlier. “It’s now been 15 hours since the child has been taken into the water. We are working on recovering the body of the child at this point.”
“Our ultimate goal is to try and bring some closure to this family by bringing home their loved one.”
The toddler’s parents were on the sand when the alligator grabbed their son and dragged him deeper into the water.
The father rushed in and grabbed desperately for his son; he cut his hand but was unable to save the boy. The boy’s mother jumped in as well.
But it was too late.
The search continues for a 2-year-old boy grabbed by an alligator at A Disney resort hotel. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times Via Getty Images.
The little boy was playing on a white sandy beach that stretches along Disney’s luxe Grand Floridian Resort and Spa while the family watched a movie that was being screened outdoors. He had waded ankle-deep into the man-made lake known as Seven Seas Lagoon. A second sibling was with him and his parents were right by his side.
Trappers have caught and euthanized four alligators from the lagoon in the search for the boy’s body.
Signs posted near the lake warn against swimming in it, but there were no signs warning of alligators.