(Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. closed all beaches in a Florida resort area out of caution after a 2-year-old boy was dragged by an alligator into a man-made lake next to one of its properties.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continued their search Wednesday at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista.
The child was about a foot away from the shore when he was snatched by the animal Tuesday night, despite his father’s struggle to rescue him. A lifeguard was on duty but unable to reach the child, according to the sheriff’s office.
|Tragic accident
“Everyone here at the Walt Disney World Resort is devastated by this tragic accident. Our thoughts are with the family,” the company said in a statement. “We are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist law enforcement.”
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