Alligator Drags 2-Year-Old Into Lagoon At Disney Resort

By George

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida (CNN) — An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.

Hours after the Tuesday night attack, the toddler was still missing despite a frantic overnight search to find him.

The child was “wading just in the water along the lake’s edge at the time that the alligator attacked,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.

The family of four is on vacation from Nebraska, Demings said. They arrived Sunday.

They watched as the alligator attacked the toddler at the Seven Seas Lagoon.

“The father actually went into the water to wrestle his son from the grips of the alligator,” he said. The father suffered minor scratches on his hand, but was unsuccessful in getting his son back.

“The sad reality of it is it’s been several hours and we’re not likely going to recover a live body,” Demings said.

He said there is no record of similar incidents in this particular area.

“Everyone here at the Walt Disney Resort is devastated by this tragic accident,” said Jacquee Wahler, the vice president of the Walt Disney World Resort .

“Our thoughts are with the family. We are helping the …Read the Rest

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News