AUTHORITIES IN ORLANDO RECOVERED THE BODY OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD
WHO WAS DRAGGED INTO A MAN-MADE BODY OF WATER AT A DISNEY
WORLD RESORT AND UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED TO DEATH.
THE CHILD'S BODY WAS INTACT, BUT HE DID NOT SURVIVE THIS
ATTACK BY AN ALLIGATOR.
IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE MANY RESORTS AT DISNEY WORLD.
AUTHORITIES WERE NOT ABLE TO RECOVER THE BODY UNTIL
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
APPARENTLY THERE WAS A MOVIE SHOWN AT THIS MAN-MADE
BEACH AREA WHERE THE RESORT IS.
THE CHILD WAS NEAR THE WATER, ON THE WHITE SANDY BEACH AREA
AND THAT WAS WHEN THE ALLIGATOR ATTACKED HIM AND DRAGGED
HIM INTO THE WATER.
AT THAT POINT THE FATHER TRIED TO GRAB HIS SON AND RESCUE
HIM BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT DISNEY WORLD.
THIS IS A MAN-MADE BODY OF WATER.
AS YOU KNOW IN FLORIDA, THERE IS A HUGE ALLIGATOR
POPULATION, SO IT'S NOT RARE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY RARE FOR
ALLIGATOR ATTACKS.
>>I WOULD AT LEAST MOVE THEM.
>> WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS ñ I DON'T THINK THEY PUT THE
ALLIGATORS IN THAT BODY OF WATER, THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS.
DURING THEIR SEARCH EFFORTS THEY FOUND THESE ALLIGATORS AND
THEY KNOW THEY POSE A THREAT, THAT IS WHY THEY EUTHANIZE HIM.
>> I THOUGHT THEY DID HAVE A SIGN THAT SAID DON'T SWIM.
>>BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ALLIGATORS.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I WOULD NOT IN 1
MILLION YEARS EXPECT ALLIGATORS.
I HAVE BEEN THERE, I WOULD NOT EXPECT ALLIGATORS IN THAT
BODY OF WATER.
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND IS THIS IS A MAN-MADE BODY OF
WATER, THERE ARE NO ALLIGATORS IN THERE.
>> THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST PERSONALLY HORRIFYING
STORIES ON THE YOUNG TURKS.
THE TRAGEDY IN ORLANDO IS 49
TIMES LARGER, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE A WORSE MEMORY TO HAVE.
>>THE MOTHER WENT IN TOO.
>>THIS THING IS BETWEEN FOUR AND 7 FEET LONG.
JUST ABSOLUTELY
HORRIFIC.
>> I READ THE STORY AFTER LAST NIGHT SHORTLY AFTER IT
HAPPENED AND I HAD TO NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT.
IT IS HIDEOUS.
THEY ARE ALL THERE, WATCHING A MOVIE, AND ñ
BUT LIKE THE CINCINNATI ZOO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS
CONDEMNATION OF THESE PARENTS?
GUESS WHAT, YOU ARE AT A ZOO AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR KID FOR A
SECOND.
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
THAT WOMAN IN CINCINNATI HAVE FOUR KIDS.
AND HERE YOU THINK YOU ARE WATCHING A MOVIE, AND YOU
GLANCE OVER, THE KID IS TWO, AND IT'S JUST ñ IT'S HIDEOUS.
MY GOD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE ARE THREE GIANT STORIES IN
ORLANDO.
A PARTICULARLY ñ
COMPARATIVELY IT DOESN'T RATE.
>>EXCEPT ON THE LEVEL ñ EMOTIONAL LEVEL.
>>I HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
>>THIS IS A TRAGIC STORY.
I DON'T WANT IT TO LEAD TO ANY FEAR MONGERING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE.
ALLIGATOR ATTACKS
ARE A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE.
IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED AT DISNEY
WORLD.
>>THEY SAY THEY HAVE 20 MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR.
>> I HAVE SOME STATISTICS ON ALLIGATOR ATTACKS.
SINCE 1948, 384 PEOPLE IN FLORIDA HAVE SUFFERED FROM
ALLIGATOR BITES, 23 WERE FATAL.
THAT IS EXTREMELY RARE.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SAY I AM NEVER GOING TO GO TO DISNEY
WORLD, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS.