Search intensifies for 2year old boy dragged away by Alligator in Florida
Florida police are hunting down a two-year-old
kid who was dragged into water by a gator
close to a Disney resort.
The kid was on the shoreline of the Seven Oceans
Tidal pond by the Disney Fantastic Floridian Resort and
Spa in Orlando when he was dragged away late
on Tuesday, authorities said.
The kid's dad entered the water and attempted in
vain to snatch him from the crocodile, Sheriff Jerry
Demings said.
Fifty police and untamed life specialists were looking
for the kid, he said.
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The family with three youngsters from the condition of
Nebraska were unwinding close to the shore of the
tidal pond when the episode happened at 21:16
neighborhood time (01:16 GMT), the sheriff said.
The Terrific Floridian is an extravagance resort claimed by
Disney and is situated close to Disney's Enchantment
Kingdom Park.
A Disney representative said the organization was
"crushed" by the episode.
Crocodiles live crosswise over Florida and are a
"principal part" of its wetlands, swamps,
waterways and lakes, state untamed life authorities say.
Twenty-two individuals have been executed by gators
in Florida since 1948, they say.
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