GATOR
ATTACK NOT A FIRST IN FLORIDA.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN EACH
CASE.
THE NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT
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>> Laurie: A FAMILY VACATION
TURNIN TRAGIC.
>> WE ARE TERRIBLY HEARTBROKEN.
>> Calvin: A TODDLER DRAGGED
NIGH LAGOON BY AN ALLIGATOR.
>> AT ABOUT 3:30 TODAY W
RECOVERED THE REMAINS OF THE
TWO-YEAR-OLD FROM THE WATER.
>> Laurie: TONIGHT 6:00 N
BECOMES ABOUT THE DEATH AT
DISNEY.
>> Calvin: AT THE ORANGE COUNTY
SHERIFF DELIVERING THAT
HEARTBREAKING AND DEVASTATING
NEWS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
>> Laurie: AND NOW THIS FAMILY,
THEY HAVE TO PREPARE TO YOU
ABOUT THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD SON.
LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER MICHAEL
SEIDEN HAS BEEN COVERING THIS
TRAGEDY FOR US.
HE'S LIVE AT DISNEY WORLD WITH
OUR TOP STORY.
MICHAEL.
>> Michael: LAURIE, THIS IS THE
WORST POSSIBLE THING FOR ANY
PARENT, I MEAN, YOU COME TO
DISNEY WORLD TO HAVE FUN, NOT
EXPECTING TO LOSE A CHILD, BUT
THAT NIGHTMARE BECAME A REALITY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CALLING OFF
THAT RECOVERY AFTER THE
TODDLER'S BODY WAS FOUND
>> AT ABOUT 3:30 TODAY W
RECOVERED THE REMAINS OF THE
TWO-YEAR-OLD FROM THE WAT, AND
THAT BODY HAS NOW BEEN TURNED
OVER TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR AN
AUTOPS.
>> Michael: TONIGHT A SHOCKING
AND HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDY AT
THIS DISNEY RESORT, AN ALLIGATOR
SNATCHING AND DRAGGING A TODDLER
WHO WAS STANDING ON THE EDGE OF
THE SEVEN SEAS LAGOON.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE SHERIFFS
MARINE TEAM USING SONAR RADAR TO
RECOVER THE CHILD'S BODY.
TONIGHT HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
LANE GRAVES.
HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD TRAVEL
HERE FROM NEBRASKA.
>> I DELIVERED THE MESSAGE ALONG
WITH A PRIEST, A CATHOLIC
PRIEST, AND, OF COURSE, THE
FAMILY WAS DISTRAUGHT BUT ALSO I
BELIEVE SOMEWHAT RELIEVED THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THEIR SON
WITH HIS BODY INTACT.
>> Michael: THEY WERE ALL DOWN
HERE FOR A SUMMER VACATION.
THEN LATE LAST NIGHT THE ATTACK
HAPPENED.
THEY ALL WATCHED IN HORROR.
IN FACT, THE TODDLER'S FATHER
SPRINTED INTO THE WATER
WRESTLING THE GATOR BUT UNABLE
TO RESCUE HIS SON
TONIGHT ALL BEACHES AT DISNEY
RESORTS ARE SHUT DOWN AFTER
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS CAPTURED FIVE
GATORS IN THE LAGOON.
>> ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SOME SORT OF
CLOSURE TO THIS, OUR
INVESTIGATION IS STI ONGOING,
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
CONTINUE SEARCHING.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT
WE HAVE THE ALLIGATOR THAT WAS
INVOLVED.
>> Michael: BUT NOW QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER DISNEY DID ENOUGH
TO PREVENT THIS TRAGEDY.
RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS AREN'T
COMMENTING BUT THEY ARE
DELIVERING THIS MESSAGE ON
BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.
>> THE FAMILY HAS ASKED THAT WE
DO DELIVER A MEANINGS TO YOU,
AND THE MESSAGE IS THAT THEY DO
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PRAYERS
THAT HAVE GONE FORWARD
>> Michael: AND TONIGHT DISNEY
RESORTS RELEASING THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT SAYING "THERE ARE NO
WORDS TO CONVEY THE PROFOUND
SORROW WE FEEL FOR THE FAMILY
AND THEI UNIMAGINABLE LOSS.
WE ARE DEVASTATED AND
HEARTBROKEN BY THIS TRAGIC
ACCIDENT AND ARE DOING WHAT WE
CAN TO HELP THE FAMILY DURING
THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT DISNEY,
WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES."
AND AGAIN THE FAMILY TONIGHT
ASKING FOR PRIVACY.
SUCH A HEARTBREAKING A TRAGIC
STORY.
CLASSIC, BACK TO YOU.
>> Calvin: WERE THERE ANY SIGNS
ON THAT PROPERTY THAT COULD HAVE
HELPED PREVENT THIS TRAGEDY A
ALL?
>> Michael: YOU KNOW, CALVIN,
THAT IS THE QUESTION EVERYONE IS
CAN GO ASKING, IS HOW DID THE
TODDLER GET IN THIS SITUATION.
WE ASKED THE SHERIFF TODAY, AND
HE TOLD US, YES, THERE ARE SIGNS
ON THE PROPERTY THAT SAY "DO NOT
SWIM" BUT THERE IS NO SIGNAGE
ANYWHERE ON THE PROPERTY, THIS
IS ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF,
THAT SAY "BEWARE OF GATORS," SO
THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL PART OF
THIS INVESTIGATION.
BUT I DID SPEAK WITH A FWC
OFFICIAL WHO SAID DISNEY IS VERY
PROACTIVE, IN FACT, THEY HAVE A
PERMIT THAT ALLOWS THEM ANY TIME
THEY SEE GATORS ON THEIR
PROPERTY, THEY HAVE PER MUGS TO
REMOVE THOSE GATORS AND BRING
THEM TO AUTHORITIES.
THEY HAVE A WHOLE WILDLIFE TEAM
THAT HANDLES THAT.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
WHAT COMES OUT IN THE DAYS THAT