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From the OS: Gator drags child into Seven Seas Lagoon
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G00fyDad
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I was worried about that too, but we are not poking fun at the people or situations.
If I don't try to smile at something today I am going to sit here obsessing over this all day.
TeriofTerror
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Not to be "that person", but if you're going to be releasing this article, I would humbly suggest removing the capitalization of the word "alligator", and capitalizing "Seven Seas Lagoon". I'm not trying to be a jerk; I just want to help!
WEDwaydatamover
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Of course not. The last time I was this torn up about a Disney related situation was Austin Wuennenberg. Tore my guts out.
Gringrinngghost
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6:30 Press Confrence: The 2 year old has not been located, Deputies are going to switch out. Therapists and victims advocates have been with the family all night. OCSO will keep air support. They will continue the search thought out the day. It is a search and rescue. FFWC has a close and working relationship with disney and has removed past gators. This is a very rare occurrence. He was on the edge of water. FFWC is optimistic to find the gator but cautions it’s will take a bit of time. Disney started the initial search effort. FFWC has taken 4 alligators out of the lake already and euthanized. 50 officers from OCSO; 10 from FFWC. The Grand Flo Pool area involved is shut down until OSCO releases the scene.
PhotoDave219
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6:30 Update..... per FWC, they have removed 4 Alligators from the Seven Seas Lagoon overnight to be euthanized and analyzed. No sign of the missing child. Will continue search today.
PhotoDave219
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Of note, they are now referring to it as a "Search and Rescue" whereas at 1AM they were calling it a "Search and Recovery"
G00fyDad
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I heard it was the other way around. A rescue implies the child might still be alive and I thought they changed it to search and recovery.
WEDwaydatamover
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But it's actually a "Search and Destroy" of all the alligators they can wrangle. A two year old isn't going to escape an alligator in the 7 Seas Lagoon, right?
Gringrinngghost
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Nicely written 7am update: As of the 6:30 am press conference, the two-year-old has not been located. The 2-year-old was on the edge of the water and Disney started the initial search effort. This type of attack is a very rare occurrence. Therapists and victims advocates have been with the family all night. The Sheriffs Office will keep air support and will be swapping out the crews searching. They will continue throughout the day and have re-classified this as a search and rescue. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has a close and working relationship with Disney and has removed past gators and is optimistic to find the gator but cautions it’s will take a bit of time. They have also taken 4 alligators out of the lake, and these alligators are euthanized. The areas involved at the Grand Floridan will remain shut down until the sheriffs office releases the scene as it’s still a crime scene.
Gringrinngghost
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PhotoDave219
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Shades of Green, I believe.
MySmallWorldof4
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That song always makes me teary.
djkidkaz
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Could you imagine if the child had gotten away and was just injured on the shore somewhere and able to be rescued? Now that would be an amazing turn of events and a beautiful bright spot to this horrible week in Orlando.
Do we know if it's a boy or girl? I've seen both mentioned here.
Do we know if it's a boy or girl? I've seen both mentioned here.
Gringrinngghost
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What I was just told by a friend on property: Security was at the wedding pavilion not letting people in. Apparently the Sherrif's boat was taken away and the Lake county police just left.
Gringrinngghost
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2 year old boy.
xdan0920
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If nothing else changes from this tragedy, this needs to change. I see too many moron kids, and moron parents allowing moron kids, or their moron selves, doing this. If I was in charge of WDW security, I would make this the policy, If you or your child are caught feeding any animal at any time on Disney property, you are banned. That's it. No second chances, no promises not to do it again, none of that. Banned. I wish I had some way of reaching out to TDO and pushing hard for this policy. These idiot kids and parents feed animals, abuse animals, and just generally have no respect for wild life. It needs to stop. The only way to stop it is to actually enact a policy with real consequences. My last trip to Animal Kingdom I had to go out of my way to yell at some moron, jerk kids throwing rocks at turtles. CMs seem scared to do anything, and their parents are selfish a-holes who a. don't watch their kids, or B. Don't care that their kids are savages.
Disney needs to enable their CMs to confront morons feeding/abusing wildlife, and ban these people.
Edit to add...
I'm referring to the dummies who feed and abuse Disney wildlife. Not this poor kid or his father.
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PhotoDave219
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Any elaboration there? Or thats just what he said?
Gringrinngghost
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