[Senator Clay Davis]

I didn't want to start a new thread yet, figured this was related enough it could go in here.

A search is underway for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged by an alligator into the water Tuesday evening at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The incident happened around 9 p.m. and, despite the hours-long search for the boy, officials remain optimistic.

"We are very hopeful and hoping for the best," Jeff Williamson of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said at a news conference this morning.

Orange County Sheriff's Jerry Demings said rescue crews -- including the Florida Fish and Wildlife, Reedy Creek Fire Rescue and the Orange County Sheriff's Office – were actively looking for the child at the Seven Seas Lagoon early this morning in a search-and-recovery effort but had not found him.

The boy was with his family visiting from Nebraska relaxing at the shoreline when the alligator attacked the boy.

"The father entered the water and tried to grab the child from the gator, but was not successful," Demings said.

There are no signs warning of gators in the area, but there are notices posted against swimming in the man-made lake.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/child-drag...opstories.html