A 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa Tuesday night was still missing early Wednesday morning.
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said rescue personnel had been actively looking for the child in the Seven Seas Lagoon for hours in a search and recovery effort but had not found him. They hoped to find him before daylight, he said. A dive team with sonar equipment was on standby -- just part of a 50-person rescue team on the scene.
"As a father, as a grandfather, we're going to hope for the best in these circumstances, but based on my 35 years of law enforcement experience, we know we have some challenges ahead of us," Demings said.
Demings said the Nebraska family of five was relaxing on the shoreline when the alligator attacked the boy. The father entered the water and tried to pry the child from the gator, but was unsuccessful. He had scratches on his hands after the ordeal.
orlandosentinel.com
Orlando again?Na wah,I hope the child is found,this is heart wrenching!
2 years old that cannot defend himself. I pray God console the family. They are really devastated. NA ONLY GOD MIRACLE FIT KEEP THE BOY o.
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. What were these parents looking at that animals come dey hijack their pikin anyhow? Huhh
DeleteExcept God intervened, best bet is he'd already been eaten by the gator even before the search commenced. I pray a miracle happened somehow and he's found.
ReplyDeleteOMG! The child to be found alive, i dont think so, alligators ain't friendly
ReplyDeleteOMG!
ReplyDeleteThis is heart-breaking!
Oh no! Poor little boy!😢
RIP to the innocent child, your Papa no try at all
ReplyDeleteJesus! I can't even begin to imagine what this family is going through.
ReplyDeleteThe Boy is now sushi! As in seriously they r actually looking for sushi? Lol oh well!
ReplyDeleteKelvin Dat Edo Boi ( Stellz Cousin )
God punish you this wicked boy for making a joke out of the loss of someone's child.Idiot.
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DeleteSorry to say.. The boy might have been eaten o...
ReplyDeleteIn all honesty, if he is found he will be not be alive. A pity.
ReplyDeleteThis is heart breaking.
ReplyDeleteWow! Just wow!! This is terrible.
ReplyDeleteLETS BE HONEST HERE....I DONT THINK THAT BOY IS GONNA MAKE IT AND THATS WHAT BREAKS MY HEART INTO PIECES...THE FACT THAT THE FAMILY WITNESSED THIS HAPPEN TO THEIR LIL BABY OF 2.... OOHHH NOOO THIS IS THE SADDEST EXPERIENCE EVER
ReplyDeleteOh God this not good at all,why did they venture into an alligator territory nw? Poor innocent baby!what a horrible way to die,chai!
ReplyDeleteAm sure the community is aware that gators are inside that water..
ReplyDeleteBut yet all in the name of animal fans, they say its not wild.
worst animals that attack human without mercy: gators, sharks, bears, tiger in fact all the cat family in the jungle.
In a way that's why i like my country Nigeria, you sight an animal not where is meant to be is eaten ASAP without thinking.
Have you seen what they do to Zebra's or Buffalo crossing a river...its already more than 5 hours.
Feel for thefamily
Very stupid. They just jeopardized the poor boy's life because of their nonsense inquisitiveness.
DeleteOh dear this is so sad , i really feel for the family. We are planning a trip to disney this summer o ,this put the fear of God in me! First it was the boy that fell in to the gorilla now this
ReplyDeleteDisney is safe. You don't come in close contact with animals. You'd viewing through transparent walls.
DeleteOMG!!! This is heartbreaking. Innocent boy. What were they doing so close to the alligator?
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