Pictures: Alligator attacks boy at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney world monorail passes overhead near the command post of Florida Fish and Wildlife and Orange County Sheriffs Marine Units searching for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. All beaches have been closed due to the attack. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Orlando Sentinel
PICTURE GALLERY: A 2-year-old boy who was vacationing with his family was dragged by an alligator into the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14.
Nick Wiley, Executive Director, Florida Fish and Wildlife Coservation Commission and Jerry Demings, Orange County Sheriff conduct a news briefing Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort,background, at Disney World. All beaches have been closed due to the attack. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort,background, at Disney World. All beaches have been closed due to the attack. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Orange County Sheriffs Marine Unit search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. All beaches have been closed due to the attack. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
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Orange County Sheriffs Marine Unit search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort, background, at Disney World. All beaches have been closed due to the attack. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Fish and Wildlife and Orange County Sheriffs helicopter search for a young boy early Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Fish and Wildlife search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
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In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Fish and Wildlife and Orange County Sheriffs helicopter search for a young boy early Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Orange County Sheriffs helicopter search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission truck is parked at the gate Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
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In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World. (Red Huber/Staff Photographer) (Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel)
A law enforcement officer searches the Seven Seas Lagoon outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
Law enforcement officials search the Seven Seas Lagoon outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
Hotel guests are directed away from the closed pool and beach area as law enforcement officials search the Seven Seas Lagoon outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
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Law enforcement officers search the Seven Seas Lagoon outside the swimming pool and beach of the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
Orange County Sheriff’s officers search the Seven Seas Lagoon between Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park, left, and the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
Orange County Sheriff’s officers search the Seven Seas Lagoon between Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom theme park and the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., after a two-year-old toddler was dragged into the lake by an alligator. In the background is Disney’s Contemporary Resort, right, and Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, left. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP)
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings speaks at a news conference about a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night, June 14, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. The family of five from Nebraska was on vacation and wading in a lake Tuesday evening when the attack happened, Demings told a news conference. The father tried to rescue his son but was unsuccessful, Demings said.
(Christal Hayes / AP)